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Fathoms Free

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1192613
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Aug. 19, 2025. Filing history
Registered
Dec. 2, 2020
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
16 Lower Clicker Road
Menheniot
Liskeard
Cornwall
PL14 3PJ

Activities

Organise volunteers to survey, identify and remove lost and abandoned fishing nets, angling gear and marine debris presenting a hazard to marine life. Use our own Rigid Inflatable Boat and also charter commercial dive charter boats where necessary. Organise volunteers and the use of our resources for cleaning beaches and increasing publicawareness of the marine litter and ghost gear problem

Objects: The Objects Of The CIO Are, For The Benefit Of The General Public, To Preserve And Improve The Marine Environment Around The Coast Of The United Kingdom And To Conserve, Relieve The Suffering Of And Promote The Bio-Diversity Of Marine Wildlife With The Use Of Volunteer Divers And Surface Supporters By, But Not Limited To:1. Locating, Documenting, Retrieving And Responsibly Disposing Of Abandoned, Lost And Discarding Fishing Gear (To Include But Not Limited To Nets Of All Types, Pots, Creels And Angling Gear) Û Known As Ghost Fishing Gear, Releasing And Where Possible Returning Entrapped Marine Wildlife To Its Natural Environment.2. Locating, Documenting, Retrieving And Responsibly Disposing Of Underwater, Floating And Coastal Marine Litter, Focusing On But Not Limited To Marine Plastics3. Supporting The Local Resident Population, The Significant Coastal Tourism Industry And The Resident Fishing Communities By Minimising The Litter And Ghost Gear Hazards To Make The Beaches And Costal Seas A Safer Place To Enjoy And Minimising Unnecessary Damage To Local Fish Stocks Killed By Ghost Gear4. Collecting And Distributing Data On The Distribution, Nature And Quantity Of Marine Litter And Ghost Fishing Gear And Its Environmental Impacts5. Spreading Awareness Of The Presence Of Underwater Marine Litter And Ghost Fishing Gear, Along With The Environmental Threats IT Causes6. Educating Water Users And The Public So As To Reduce The Input Of Debris To The Sea

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
What
Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage
Who
The General Public/mankind

Geography

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
Dec. 1, 2024 Aug. 19, 2025On time £8,689 £17,082
Dec. 1, 2023 Sept. 6, 2024On time £16,717 £19,472
Dec. 1, 2022 Sept. 19, 2023On time £15,960 £15,747
Dec. 1, 2021 Oct. 31, 202230 days late £23,300 £8,267

Trustees

Name Appointed
John Kent (Chair) Dec. 2, 2020
Eleanor Speirs Sept. 20, 2021
Julian Collison Dec. 2, 2020
Luke Bullus Sept. 20, 2021