ORCA RESCUES FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1161804
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Our Mission is to establish a global fund to facilitate the release and rehabilitation back to the wild or near wild of orca in captivity and give support to specialists, scientists and organisations working to achieve this. We have our only office in the UK but approach all countries of the world via social media and our website.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £340
Total expenditure: £3,000

People

3 Trustee(s)

2 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Animals
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Dorset
  • Antarctica
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Brazil
  • Falkland Islands
  • France
  • New Zealand
  • Portugal
  • United States

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 May 2015: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Lucie Armstrong Trustee 22 July 2016
None on record
Rebecca Bellini Trustee 05 August 2015
None on record
JOANNA BLAISE MARTIN Trustee 30 September 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £1.02k £622 £3.34k £1.91k £340
Total expenditure £1.13k £108 £187 £0 £3.00k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2024 17 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 17 October 2025 On time
Annual return 31 December 2023 22 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 22 October 2024 On time
Annual return 31 December 2022 01 November 2023 1 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 01 November 2023 1 days late
Annual return 31 December 2021 10 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 10 October 2022 On time
Annual return 31 December 2020 27 September 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 27 September 2021 On time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - Foundation Registered 22 May 2015

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1) FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF ORCAS IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION WHO ARE CURRENTLY CAPTIVE BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDING AND RESEARCH TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE ORCA’S RELEASE TO A SEA SANCTUARY OR THE WILD IS IN ITS BEST INTERESTS AND IF SO TO HELP IN ITS RELEASE AND WITH ITS CONTINUED CARE AND SUPPORT. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC ON WILD AND CAPTIVE ORCAS, THEIR ECOLOGY AND FAMILIAL TRAITS AND THE EFFECT OF CAPTIVITY ON ORCAS.

Contact information

Address:
21 Southernhay Road
Verwood
BH31 7AN
Phone:
01202827957
Email:
hello@orcarescues.org
Website:

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