## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From: 01/04/24 (Period start date) To: 31/03/25 (Period end date) Charity name: Cuttlefish Conservation Initiative (CCI)** **Charity registration number:1197622** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The purpose of CCI is- To advance**
**conservation for the public benefit of**
**cuttlefish in the United Kingdom,**
**European and international waters**
**through education, promoting and**
**disseminating research into such**
**conservation and seeking to achieve their**
**sustainable management.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|
**CCI has undertaken continuous work to**
**engage the public of our purpose and our**
**work through social media engagement,**
**outreach events and networking.**
**Outreach events with local organisations**
**and university students have increased**
**public awareness of the issues facing**
**cuttlefish and the work CCI are**
**doing/plan to do. Through educational**
**social media posts, CCI has aimed to**
**engage as many people as possible with**
**the organisation.**
**CCI has continued to build its**
**relationships with research institutes**
**including the Marine Biological**
**Association and University of Plymouth,**
**with a strong focus on carrying out**
**research to fill knowledge gaps of the**
**current science, and to advance the**
**sustainability of the cuttlefish fishery with**
**the intent on promoting and**
**disseminating the research into**
**education for the wider public.**
**CCI has continued to collect citizen**
**science data, in the form of SCUBA diver**
**cuttlefish sightings, a project known as**
**“Project Sepia”. This has resulted in**
**engagement from coastal communities**
**and provided the public the opportunity**
**to become involved in collecting vital**| |||**data to map the spatial and temporal**
**distribution of the common cuttlefish.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**When planning our activities for the year,**
**trustees and volunteers of CCI have**
**considered the Charity Commission's**
**guidance on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Policy on social investment including program related investment Contribution made by volunteers ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Over the reporting period, CCI presented**
**at several outreach events, to highlight**
**the issues facing cuttlefish and raise**
**awareness of CCI. This included**
**presenting to University of Plymouth**
**students at Wembury Marine Centre and**
**running a stall at a local Bioblitz event,**
**funded by the SeaChangers grant.**
**Alongside this, CCI continued our**
**cuttlefish logging project, called “Project**
**Sepia”, aimed at collecting citizen**
**science data from scuba diver cuttlefish**
**sightings.**
**CCI also continued relationships with the**
**Marine Biological Association, in the aim**
**of developing research projects utilising**
**the MBAs laboratory facilities.**
**CCI also maintained a website and active**
**and growing social media platform**
**(Instagram, X, LinkedIn) and networked**| **with other marine conservation organisations and researchers.** **This year, CCI continued to sell merch through TeeMill which produces branded CCI clothing, mugs and stickers.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**As a charity in its early years the financial**
**position of CCI within the reporting**
**period was limited. An initial opening**
**balance of £828 was achieved from**
**donations and grant funding in the**
**previous year.**
**Donations of £40 (unrestricted funds)**
**were received during outreach events. A**
**further £181 (unrestricted funds) was**
**generated in merchandise sales.**
**Outgoings over the reporting period were**
**predominantly for the purchase of**
**outreach materials (stickers, flyers,**
**banners), volunteer accommodation and**
**travel, the website platform and domain,**
**and a competition prize. A SumUp card**
**reader was also purchased to aid in**
**receiving donations at outreach events.**
**The seachangers grant (£500 of restricted**
**funds, received 21/11/2023) covered much**
**of these outgoings.**
**CCI finished the reporting period with**
**£290 of unrestricted funds.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**As a small charity, CCI has not had any**
**means to develop a reserve over the**
**reporting period. CCI plans to consider**
**the need to develop a reserves policy, as**| |||**funding opportunities and donations**
**increase.**| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**N/A see above.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**As a small charity, CCI has not had any**
**means to develop a reserve, however, as**
**stated above, this is a policy that CCI**
**plan to address within the next reporting**
**period.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|
**N/A- no funds are materially in deficit.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A- there have been no uncertainties**
**about CCI continuing within the reporting**
**period.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Principal sources of funds for the**
**reporting period were donations and**
**merchandise sales.**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(CIO) foundation constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |
Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled|Para 1.25|**Apart from the first charity trustees [who**
**will serve for a period of 2 years], every**
**trustee must be appointed [for a term of**
**[three] years] by a resolution passed at a**
**properly convened meeting of the charity**
**trustees.**| |to appoint one or more
trustees||**In selecting 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.**| |---|---|---| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **N/A** Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees **N/A** The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works **N/A** Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties **N/A** Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Cuttlefish Conservation Initiative**| |---|---| |
Other name the charity uses|**CCI**| |Registered charity number|**1197622**| |Charity’s principal address|**31 SOUTH VIEW TERRACE**
**PLYMOUTH**
**PL4 9DQ**| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**
**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---| ||**Dr Thomas**
**Wynter Davies**|**N/A**|
**Whole year**
**N/A**| ||**Dr Granville Paul**
**Naylor**|**N/A**|**Whole year**
**N/A**| 3 > **[Mrs Alix Marie ] N/A Whole year N/A Harvey** – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year N/A N/A N/A** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|**N/A- no assets held in this capacity**| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|**N/A**| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
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**Address**||| |**N/A**|**N/A**|**N/A**| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** N/A ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **N/A** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** > **Signature(s) Bethan Follis** **Full name(s)** Bethan Follis **Position (eg** Head of Operations **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 26/01/2026 ||**Cuttlefish Conservation Initiative (CCI)**|**Cuttlefish Conservation Initiative (CCI)**|**Cuttlefish Conservation Initiative (CCI)**|**Cuttlefish Conservation Initiative (CCI)**|**Cuttlefish Conservation Initiative (CCI)**|**1197622**|**1197622**|**1197622**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
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