# Community Catch Ltd

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1209612 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1209612)
- Company number: 13844602
- Website: https://communitycatch.org/
- What it funds: Education / training, Environment / conservation / heritage
- Who it helps: The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Provides other finance, Provides advocacy / advice / information, Sponsors or undertakes research
- Area of operation: Throughout England and Wales, Scotland, Mexico, South Africa, Indonesia
- Other names: Community Catch (working)
- Trustees: 8
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/community-catch

Co-develop tools and mechanisms with stakeholders that provide market access for small-scale fishery products.Develop a fishery certification standard tailored to small-scale fisheries.Collaborate with key organisations and platforms that provide market access (ratings, market platforms).Develop innovative mechanisms to facilitate market access for small-scale fishers.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The objects of the charity are to promote preservation, conservation and protection of aquatic ecosystems and the sustainable development of small-scale fishing operations for the benefit of the public by:a. Establishing and promoting the application of a broad set of principles, standards and criteria for sustainable small-scale fisheries;b. Promoting sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration, in particular where to do so contributes to the prevention and relief of poverty in coastal communities;c. Promoting for the public benefit effective management of small-scale fisheries, and ensuring the sustainability of global fish stocks and the health of aquatic ecosystems;d. Advancing the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment in particular, but not exclusively, through the promotion of education in good practices in small-scale fishery management.

## What it funds

Community Catch Ltd is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training and environment / conservation / heritage for the general public and other defined groups; the register records that it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations, provides other finance, provides advocacy / advice / information and sponsors or undertakes research.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales, Scotland, Mexico, South Africa and Indonesia.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Community Catch Ltd in its sources (last checked 4 Nov 2026). Its website (communitycatch.org) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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## Guides

- [Arts and heritage grants in Scotland: what is open now and who funds it](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/arts-and-heritage-grants-in-scotland)
- [Community grants in Wales: who funds what and what is open now](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/community-grants-in-wales)
- [Environmental grants for UK charities in 2026: who funds nature, climate and green community work](https://opengrant.co.uk/blog/environmental-grants-for-uk-charities)