INTERNATIONAL SEAFARERS' WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE NETWORK

Registered charity 1102946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICSW, INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SEAFARERS' WELFARE

ISWAN is an international NGO set up to promote seafarers welfare and related issues and the application of therelevant sections of the Maritime Labour Convention 2006. From 1st April 2013 it is also responsible for the SeafarerHelp 24/7 helpline formerly operated by The Internattional Seafarers Assistance Network.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONGST SEAFARERS OF ALL NATIONALITIES, RACES, COLOURS AND CREEDS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS.(2) TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL SEAFARERS AND THE RELIEF OF SICK, ILL AND DISABLED SEAFARERS.(3) TO PROMOTE THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF FACILITIES AT SEA OR SERVING INTERNATIONAL PORTS FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR ALL SEAFARERS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE AFRICA, THE AMERICAS, ASIA EUROPE AND OCEANIA.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £94,120 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure of £1,348,991 against total income of £1,294,677. Despite the deficit, the trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £532,362 provide adequate cover for budgeted activity and comply with the stated reserves policy of maintaining up to six months' operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sturgess Hutchinson. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ISWAN (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (47% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/12/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ashley Cooper
• Charles Boyle
• Connie Roozen
• Deepak Shetty
• Dr Jason Zuidema
• Frederick Kenney Jr
• Jillian Carson-Jackson
• Karen Waltham
• Mike Esplago
• RENE ANDERSEN
• SUE Henney
• Sadie Saunders

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 SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY.

• SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY income £544k
• SWAN (SOUTHERN WOMEN'S AID NETWORK) income £1.3m
• THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST income £1.5m
• THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £1.6m
• SAILORS' SOCIETY income £1.6m
• MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD income £808k

Side by side with its peers

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