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The Association For Coastal Ecosystem Services

SC043978Registered charity from 30 April 2013
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address C/O Anita Ogilvie
Florabank House
4 Florabank Road
Haddington
Postcode EH41 3LJ
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.aces-org.co.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
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
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To support coastal communities to protect and restore coastal ecosystems through project development and coordination
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 30 Apr 2013
Main Operating Location: East Lothian
Number of Staff: 3
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "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"
Beneficiaries: "No specific group, or for the benefit of the community"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations", "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £102,838 £77,813 20 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £190,453 £133,397 05 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £159,519 £139,124 12 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £237,394 £212,775 19 Dec 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Anita Ogilvie
Mark Huxham
Martin Skov
Amrit Dencer-Brown
Mark Beeston
Lucas Ruzowitzky
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