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The Association For Coastal Ecosystem Services

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC043978
Status
Active
Registered
April 30, 2013
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
C/O Anita Ogilvie
Florabank House
4 Florabank Road
Haddington
EH41 3LJ

Contact

Website
aces-org.co.uk
Screenshot of the The Association For Coastal Ecosystem Services website

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement'

To support coastal communities to protect and restore coastal ecosystems through project development and coordination

Beneficiaries: 'No specific group, or for the benefit of the community'

Objectives: The organisation is established for charitable purposes only, and in particular, the objects are: to advance environmental protection and improvement through the preservation, rehabilitation and enhancement of natural coastal ecosystems, in particular mangrove forests. and to relieve poverty by improving the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities living in or near such natural coastal ecosystems through a) the preservation and enhancement of the natural abilities of such ecosystems to provide resources and other benefits defined as ?ecosystem services? upon which these communities depend, such as fisheries, coastal protection and medicines, and including adaptation to effects of climate change. b) the promotion of more prudent and sustainable local management and use of these resources and ecosystem services. c) facilitating the access of these communities to payments for ?ecosystem services? generated by the areas under their stewardship, such as the mitigation of global climate change through carbon sequestration and storage, through independently validated schemes such as the Mikoko Pamoja Project in Gazi Bay, Kenya. and to advance education by disseminating knowledge about such coastal ecosystems in communities living in or near them, in Scotland and internationally, including a) raising awareness of the value of their ?ecosystem services? and the purposes of the Association, its projects and partner organisations. b) training volunteers, students, members of partner organisations and others interested in the ethical and sustainable protection and management such coastal ecosystems. c) the dissemination of research on these subjects, particularly by working in partnership with the academic and development communities in Scotland by exchanging knowledge, ideas and experience in ecosystem study and conservation and the dissemination of ethical best practice. and to advance science by promoting research a

Geography

Main operating location
East Lothian
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
March 31, 2025 £237,394 £212,775 3
March 31, 2024 £159,519 £139,124 2
March 31, 2023 £190,453 £133,397 1
March 31, 2022 £102,838 £77,813 -
March 31, 2021 £55,347 £32,334 -