THE MARITIME EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1100125 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEF

A range of activities to support rating and officer training and development, including provision of rating apprenticeship places, officer training places, rating to officer conversion, updating certification and supporting relevant industry activities and projects.

Objects

I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MARITIME SKILLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.II) THE PROMOTION OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ON PARTICULAR BY THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SEAFARERS AND PERSONS SEEKING TO BECOME SEAFARERS IN MARITIME SKILLS.III) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO UNEMPLOYED SEAFARERS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Southwark, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £19.3 million in unrestricted reserves, significantly higher than the prior year's £13.9 million, driven by a net income of over £5.1 million. The Trustees note that reserves have built up because training providers cannot always accommodate charity cadets, and they are currently considering a new reserves policy. The charity maintains a strong liquidity position with £1.7 million in cash and £10.4 million in Treasury deposits, supported by an unqualified audit opinion.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DJH Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Maritime Educational Foundation and WISTA UK Join Forces to Foster Maritime Excellence seanews.co.uk · 06/06/2024

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04251334

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• DAWSON, Kristy Marie — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
• WEISE, Thomas — director, appointed 15/06/2023on trustee list
• GRAY, Martyn Edward James — director, appointed 03/06/2023on trustee list
• PROCTER, Darren David — director, appointed 01/11/2018on trustee list
• APPLETON, David Mathew — director, appointed 30/11/2017on trustee list
• ROBERTS, Clifford Owen — director, appointed 23/11/2010not on trustee list
• BELL, Susan — secretary, appointed 16/12/2025

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~131.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CLIFF ROBERTS
• Darren Procter · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Appleton · trustee of 2 other charities
• Karlson David Ffrancon Lingwood
• Kristy Marie Dawson
• Martyn Edward James Gray
• Thomas Weise

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MARITIME LONDON OFFICER CADET SCHOLARSHIP.

• MARITIME LONDON OFFICER CADET SCHOLARSHIP income £387k
• MARITIME CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £234k
• ROYAL MERCHANT NAVY EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £551k
• MARITIME + ENGINEERING COLLEGE NORTH WEST income £3.1m
• PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £558k
• MERCHANT TAYLORS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £336k

Side by side with its peers

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