OCEAN CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED

1. OCEAN CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED 2019-05-29 → present
2. NATIONAL MARINE AQUARIUM LIMITED 1992-02-11 → 2019-05-29
3. PLYMOUTH AQUARIUM LIMITED 1991-12-31 → 1992-02-11

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

PKF Francis Clark LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Ocean Conservation Trust Group remains financially strong, strategically focused, and operationally resilient across its three core programmes: Ocean Habitats, Ocean Advocacy, and Ocean Experiences. Despite economic and political uncertainties, we are positioned for sustainable growth, supported by robust financial management and a clear mandate for long-term ecological impact. As of 31 January 2025, our cash position remains strong, and we will maintain at least three months' operating surplus through to 2028. Financial projections confirm that the Group remains a going concern without reliance on additional grant income, based on prudent assumptions.”

Group structure

1. OCEAN CONSERVATION TRUST LIMITED · parent
   1. NMA Operations Limited 100% · manages the trading operations incorporating retail, café and functions sales and associated trading costs.
   2. National Aquarium Limited 100% · a charitable company limited by shares makes grants to external conservation projects.
   3. Scylla Reef Limited 100% · a company limited by shares set up solely to hold legal title to an artificial reef (dormant company).

Significant events

• “In October 2024, we celebrated the successful completion and delivery of the LIFE Recreation REMEDIES project. As a lead partner, the Ocean Conservation Trust fulfilled all education and restoration targets.”
• “Our National Seagrass Nursery, located along the Dart Estuary Marine Conservation Zone, had its most productive year to date.”
• “In a major step forward for restoration scalability, we developed and field-tested a novel direct seed injection method. This included the creation of the Ocean Conservation Trust Pressurised Underwater Seeder-the OCT'o'PUS.”
• “In 2024-2025, the NMA welcomed nearly 400,000 visitors, marking another unprecedented year. This outstanding achievement generated close to £7 million in revenue from admissions, donations, school and community visits, events and secondary spend in the shop and café.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  -32.6%

  £3,418,375 → £2,302,782

• Net assets

  -1.2%

  £10,247,101 → £10,121,926

• Employees

  +28%

  125 → 160

• Wages

  +25.6%

  £1,849,055 → £2,322,745

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers