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The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

A Registered Charity based in England

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The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1155893 .
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Description

To disseminate knowledge, of the seas and marine life, including the use of marine and other organisms for basic biosciences for the benefit of the public (where biosciences means marine biology in its widest sense).

Also known as

  • The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
  • Marine Biological Association
  • Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
  • The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

CCEW Charity number

1155893

Company number

RC000865

Registered

Postcode

PL1 2PB

Website

mba.ac.uk

Domain

mba.ac.uk

Latest income

£8,931,883 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

GB-CHC-1155893

Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

GB-CHC-1155893

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 1 inactive record, from 2 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-1155893 .
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The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

GB-CHC-1155893

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • Natural resource management, conservation and protection not else-where classfied E19

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  • Associations AS

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • Education/training 102
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science 109
  • Environment/conservation/heritage 112

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • Regional

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

GB-CHC-1155893

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2014-02-21 Registered as a charity
2015-03-31 19,388,693 4,310,100
2016-03-31 3,207,215 3,853,541
2017-03-31 3,331,758 3,950,845
2018-03-31 3,960,757 4,021,270
2019-03-31 8,333,042 5,927,613
2020-03-31 7,390,275 6,013,686
2021-03-31 5,198,367 5,629,717
2022-03-31 5,085,253 6,015,800
2023-03-31 8,931,883 6,844,201
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

GB-CHC-1155893

Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 98 96
Employees paid more than £60,000 6 3
Volunteers 29 26
Trustees 12
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

GB-CHC-1155893

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 2.8 -
Legacies - -
Endowments - 0.0
Donations and legacies 2.8 0.0
Income from charitable activities 5.7 4.4
Income from other trading activities 0.0 0.1
Income from investments 0.5 0.6
Other income - -
Total 8.9 5.1
Expenditure
Investment management - 0.1
Other spending on raising funds 0.0 0.0
Spending on raising funds 0.0 0.1
Grants to institutions - -
Other charitable activities 6.8 5.7
Charitable activities 6.8 5.7
Other spending - 0.2
Total 6.8 6.0
Net income / (expenditure) 2.1 (0.9)

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

GB-CHC-1155893

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 6.8 3.9
Investment assets 15.0 17.1
21.8 21.0
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 1.7 2.3
Other current assets 1.6 1.1
3.3 3.4
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (2.4) (1.8)
Net current assets 0.9 1.6
Total assets less current liabilities 22.7 22.6
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (0.4) (0.7)
Net assets (excluding pension scheme) 22.2 21.9
Defined benefit pension scheme 0.4 (0.7)
Net assets (including pension scheme) 22.7 21.2
Funds
Endowment funds 0.3 0.3
Restricted funds 6.0 4.5
Unrestricted funds 16.4 16.4
22.7 21.2

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

GB-CHC-1155893

Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
Income from government contracts 609,744 456,844
Government contracts as % of total income 6.8% 9.0%
Number of government contracts 18 4
Government grants
None recorded

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

GB-CHC-1155893

Grants received

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Received 38 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Garfield Weston Foundation
Environment
£400,000 Major Grants award
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - NERC - Scheme 22/23
-£617 Development and application of eDNA tools to assess the structure and function of coastal sea ecosystems (MARINe-DNA)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - NERC - Scheme 22/23
-£14,090 Understanding the links between pelagic microbial ecosystems and organic matter cycling in the changing Arctic (Micro-ARC)
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - FLF - Scheme 22/23
£262,553 Extreme Climatic Events in the Oceans: Towards a mechanistic understanding of ecosystem impacts and resilience
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - NERC - Scheme 22/23
£81,906 Assessing how cell size constrains carbon uptake in diatoms using direct measurements of cell surface carbonate chemistry
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - NERC - Scheme 22/23
£64,063 NSFGEO-NERC: Novel imaging, physiology and numerical approaches for understanding biologically mediated, unsteady sinking in marine diatoms
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - NERC - Scheme 22/23
£40,316 New approaches for understanding group-specific phytoplankton photosynthesis in mixed populations
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - NERC - Scheme 22/23
£38,356 An ocean habitat trap Impacts of global oxygen-minimum zone expansions on threatened apex predator ecology
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - NERC - Scheme 22/23
£24,959 Understanding trophic links between marine plankton to consumers to improve assessments of UK pelagic habitats
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
UKRI - BBSRC - Scheme 22/23
£5,032 Microelectrode Techniques for Cell Physiology:Annual Workshop held at the Marine Biological Association

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GB-CHC-1155893

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