2025-04-04-accounts - The Secchi Disk Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 05 04 2024 04 04 2025 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

The Secchi Disk Foundation

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1169399 Charity's principal address Kiln Cottage Gnaton Yealmpton Postcode PL8 2HU ~~ee~~ Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Paul Hart Chair 2 Anthony Wates 3 Paul Housego 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~==~~ Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustees are to be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution Trustee selection methods passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting (eg. appointed by, elected by) individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. New trustees are given a copy of the current version of constitution together with a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report and statement of accounts.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other relevant, about: benefits. • policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
• relationship with any related parties;
• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

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To promote the conservation of the marine environment worldwide for the public benefit by engaging the public in scientific study and to facilitate Summary of the objects of the research of marine plankton and the food chain in order to advance charity set out in its collective knowledge and understanding of the marine ecosystem and to governing document maintain biodiversity for the public good. The focus of our activity is upon enabling the public in the scientific study of the marine plankton and the food web it supports for the public good. To that end, The Secchi Disk Foundation promotes scientific study by the general public and creates and distributes to the public free online tools and educational materials, and maintains websites and databases accessible freely by the public. The trustees declare that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the commission in exercising their powers or duties. Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main The Secchi Disk Foundation continued to expand the achievements of the charity global reach of the Secchi Disk study this year including during the year carrying out important updates to the Secchi App and a new version of the mobile iOS app stores. Particular focus was on expansion into high latitudes with increasing engagement of the public on tourist Expedition Cruises. Social media influencers were also recruited to participate in the study to raise the public profile. As a result of its activities, the Foundation continues to engage the public through citizen science to provide a greater understanding of the marine ecosystem for the public good.

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Section E Financial review

The Secchi Disk Foundation’s Trustees aim to maintain a financial
Brief statement of the reserve to mitigate any one of the following: charity’s policy on reserves i) The risk of an unforeseen need for funds, e.g., an unexpected need to maintain services that the Foundation provides such as mobile apps, databases etc due to circumstances outside the Foundations control. This includes funds to cover unforeseen day-to-day operational costs. ii) Funds to enable the Secchi Disk Foundation to carry out work that cannot be met by future income alone, e.g., to promote the work of the Foundation or for a project that requires the Secchi Disk Foundation to provide ‘matched funding’. iii) To fund short-term deficits in a cash budget, e.g., money may need to be spent before a funding grant is received. iv) To provide secure funding for long-term resources provided by third parties that the Secchi Disk Foundation relies upon such as internet services, and other similar longer-term costs as the Trustees’ see fit.
Details of any funds materially Not Applicable in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) Our only sources of funds this year have been grant income, donations
You may choose to include and bank interest. A proportion of the income is held as unrestricted
additional information, where funds both as designated funds for on-going project development costs
relevant about: and as reserves to be spent as the trustees see fit.
• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s) Full name(s) Paul Hart ~~Peete ee~~ Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) ~~es~~ 18 18th July 2025

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of	Charity Name The Secchi Disk Foundation

On accounts for the year	04/04/2025		Charity no	1169399
ended			(if any)

Set out on pages
		(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)		(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 04/04/2025 .

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Date: 02-08-2025 Signed: ~~ee~~ Name: Dr Richard Pipe Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Berry Farm Bethany Saltash, Cornwall PL12 5DE

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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				Charity Name	Charity Name									No (if any)	No (if any)

					Receipts andpayments accounts
	Section A Receipts and payments For the period from ~~rr~~								05/04/24 Period start date			To		04/04/25 Period end date
					Unrestricted funds				Restricted funds			Endowment funds			Total funds
					to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £		to the nearest £			to the nearest £		to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations				73	73	73		151	151	151		-	-	224	224
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Bank Interest				132	132	132		-	-	-	-	-	-	132	132
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	*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	(Gross income for AR)		(Gross income for AR)205	205	205		151	151	151		-	-	356	356

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - Total receipts 205 151 - 356 ~~—————~~
A3 Payments
Software Development				2	2,233			151	151	151		-	-	2	2,384
Bank Charges				1	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Software licences				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Secchi Disks				- 352	- 352	- 352	-	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- 352	- 352
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			**Sub total **	2,586	2,586			151	151	151		-	-	2,737	2,737

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - ~~—~~ Total payments ~~———~~ 2,586 151 - 2,737 Net of receipts/(payments) - 2,381 - - - 2,381 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 27,849 - - 27,849 Cash funds this year end 25,337 - - 25,337 ~~SSSS~~ 1 15/07/25

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
	Unrestricted Restricted funds	Restricted funds
Categories Details	funds
	to nearest £ to nearest £
25,337 - - - - - 25,337 - Bank Depoosity Account B1 Cash funds *Total cash funds* ~~—===>~~
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))	OK OK
	Unrestricted Restricted funds	Restricted funds
	funds
Details	to nearest £ to nearest £
- - - - - - - - - - - - B2 Other monetary assets ~~—==~~
Details	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)
- - - - - B3 Investment assets ~~ae~~
Details	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)
- - - - - - - - - B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use ~~ae~~
	Fund to which Amount due
Details	liability relates (optional)
- - - - - Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Print Name Paul Hart Signature B5 Liabilities ~~——~~
CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 2	15/07/25

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Last year
to the nearest £
3,000
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131
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3,131
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3,131
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2,195 1 60 654 - - - - - 2,910

2,910 221 - 27,849

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

15/07/25

Endowment funds to nearest £

OK Endowment funds to nearest £

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Current value
(optional)
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Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

Date of approval

18/07/25

CCXX R4 accounts (SS)

15/07/25