Manta Trust

Registered charity 1145387 · since 2012mantatrust.org·Australia, Cameroon, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Hawaii, India, Indonesia, Maldives, Mexico, New Zealand·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£870k
Annual giving, year to 30 June 2025
From filed accounts
Invitation only
Unsolicited applications are not accepted

This funder does not accept unsolicited applications.

Key takeaways

  • Manta Trust does not accept unsolicited requests, so a charity that is not already an affiliate project should not send a cold application.
  • Its grants go to affiliate projects, which apply through a members-only Affiliate Hub using login details provided by the Manta Trust team.
  • If your work is on manta or devil ray conservation, marine research or marine education, and you are already linked to the network, the Affiliate Hub is the route to take.
  • The grant range is not stated, and the funder has awarded £9,000 in grants to four Affiliate Projects, so a modest request is more likely to fit.
  • The annual report's total of £870,251 may include grants to individuals, so do not read it as money available to organisations like yours.

Overview

Manta Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1145387).

The Manta Trust exists to conserve manta rays and their close relatives, the devil rays, and their habitats around the world. Its approach brings together research, education and collaboration, and it works through a global network of affiliate projects. The annual report gives total annual giving of £870,251, which may include grants to individuals.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Manta Trust works to conserve manta rays and their close relatives, devil rays, and their habitats around the world. Its approach combines research, education and collaboration, using scientific studies to inform marine management and engaging people in wider marine ecosystem conservation. It works with a global network of affiliate projects and supports them with access to funding, promotion and opportunities to collaborate. Its grants are available to affiliate projects through a members-only hub; grants have supported projects in several countries. Its wider work brings research, education and collaboration together to advance manta and devil ray conservation.

Themes

  • Manta ray conservation
  • Marine education
  • Marine research

Geographic Focus

Priority: Cameroon; India; Maldives; Mexico; Australia; Hawaii; Indonesia; New Zealand; Fiji; Ecuador; Egypt.

How to apply

Affiliate projects apply for grants through the members-only Affiliate Hub, entering with login details provided by the Manta Trust team.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

  • Australia
  • Cameroon
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • Fiji
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Maldives
  • Mexico
  • New Zealand
  • Hawaii

Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 30 June 2021£490,850£434,752—Accounts for year to 30 June 2021
year to 30 June 2022£737,766£544,552£456,137Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023£973,424£856,519£24,084Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024£734,905£842,926£30,535Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025£976,772£1,115,234£870,251Accounts for year to 30 June 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2022
£456k grants
YE 2023
£24,084 grants
YE 2024
£30,535 grants
YE 2025
£870k grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 4 years shown.

  • Grants paid, year to 30 June 2022; year to 30 June 2023; year to 30 June 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
  • Grants paid, year to 30 June 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

Sources

Other sources

  • Annual report (year to 30 June 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.

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