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2026-04-04-accounts

Charity Name
 Charity Name
 Charity Name
 Charity Name
 CC16a
For the period
from		 Period start date
4/5/2024		 To
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts
Donations
-
Bank Interest
136
-
-
-
-
-
136
-
-
Sub total -
Total receipts 136
A3 Payments
Software Development
-
Bank Charges
1
Software licences
76
Secchi Disks
31
-
-
-
-
Sub total 108
-
-
Sub total -
Total payments 108
Net of receipts/(payments) 28
A5 Transfers between funds
-
A6 Cash funds last year end
-
Cash funds this year end 25,365
Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
Sub total(Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)		 to the nearest £
Restricted
funds		 to the nearest £
Endowment
funds		 Total funds
to the nearest £		 Last year
to the nearest £
5,500
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,500		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 5,500
-
136
-
-
-
-
-
5,636		 224
-
132
-
-
-
-
-
356
-
-
-		 -
-
-		 -
-
-
-
-
5,500 - 5,636 356
5,197
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,197		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 5,197
1
76
31
-
-
-
-
-
5,305		 2,195
1
60
654
-
-
-
-
-
2,910
-
-
-		 -
-
-		 -
-
-
-
5,197 - 5,305 2,910
303
-
-
303		 -
-
-
-		 331
-
25,336
25,668		 - 2,554
-
25,336

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Details
Bank Depoosity Account
Details
Details
Details
Details
Signature
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 to nearest £
to nearest £
28
303
-
-
-
-
25,365
303
OK
OK
to nearest £
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Print Name
Paul Hart
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)		 to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
OK
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Paul Hart 4/20/2026

Trustees' Annual Report for the period Independent examiner's

Independent Examiner’s Report

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From Period start date To Period end date
05 04 2025 04 04 2026

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

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee(if any)
Paul Hart Chair
AnthonyWates
Paul Housego
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name
Address		 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 relevant, about:

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other benefits.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its

To promote the conservation of the marine environment worldwide for the public benefit by engaging the public in scientific study and

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to facilitate research of marine plankton and the food chain in order to advance collective knowledge and understanding of the governing document marine ecosystem and to 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:

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The Secchi Disk Foundation continued to expand the global reach of the Secchi Disk study this year. Work also included important updates to the Android version of the Secchi App funded by a generous donation from the Whirlwind Charitable trust, the Secchi App is the data submission application the public use to submit their Citizen Science data to the Study’s database. 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.

The Secchi Disk citizen science data was used by The United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to produce and test new satellite algorithms for measurements of ocean colour.

Jianwei Wei, Menghua Wang, Lide Jiang, Zhongping Lee, Richard Kirby, Karlis Mikelsons, Gong L (2025) Satellite observations of water transparency from VIIRS in global aquatic ecosystem. Remote Sensing of Environment , Volume 330: 114981 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114981

Abstract:

This study presents a new satellite ocean color data record of Secchi depth ( ZSD ) observations from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS). As part of the NOAA enterprise satellite data processing, the decade-long ZSD data are derived from the visible and near-infrared reflectance measurements over oceanic, coastal, and inland waters.

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Section D Achievements and performance Based on in situ data, the model is excellent in generating lowuncertainty ZSD data with an absolute percentage difference (APD) of 15%–29%. The satellite and in situ matchups confirm reliable satellite retrievals with APD = 19%–26% over the ZSD range of 0.1–60 m. Although the product uncertainties are dependent on optical water types, assessments show that the satellite ZSD estimations are very reliable, especially where ZSD ≥ 1 m. This new satellite product has enabled the ability to access Level-2 daily ZSD imagery and information as well as Level-3 data aggregated on daily to monthly scales. Our examination indicates that the ocean transparent windows are situated at 443 and 486 nm in the vast open oceans and 551 nm for most coastal waters. They shift to the red band at 671 nm for extremely turbid environments, such as large river estuaries. From a global perspective, the ZSD data extend from less than half a meter in nearshore environments to >70 m in the South Pacific Gyre, while demonstrating a strong dependency on the optical water types. Short-term fluctuations over time are registered in the satellite ZSD daily and monthly data from almost every aquatic environment. Trend analyses reveal significant increases in water transparency over many regions, especially the open ocean. We stress the necessity of normalizing satellite ZSD estimations to eliminate the uncertainties induced by different solar-zenith angles. The present satellite products can be further improved by accounting for the limitations imposed by the multispectral reflectance data with hyperspectral ocean color spectra.

Section E Financial review Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially
in deficit
The Secchi Disk Foundation’s Trustees aim to maintain a fnancial
reserve to mitigate any one of the following:
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 defcits 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 ft.
Not Applicable

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Our only sources of funds this year have been grant income, donations and bank interest. A proportion of the income is held as unrestricted funds both as designated funds for on-going project development costs and as reserves to be spent as the trustees see fit.

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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

Signature(s) Full name(s) Paul Hart Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 2026-04-20

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