INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MARITIME ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1176633 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ICMA

The objects of the charity are the promotion of the spiritual, social and material welfare andreligious education of all seafarers, and the relief of need, hardship or distress among seafarers.The charity is a second and third tier service provider.The charity is a free association of Christian organisations working with seafarers worldwide.

Objects

IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLE, THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. THE RELIEF OF SEAFARERS IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, UNEMPLOYMENT, DISABILITY, ILLNESS AND SUCH OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE; AND4.2. THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION TO SEAFARERS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, ÔSEAFARERSÖ MEANS THOSE PERSONS WORKING ON MERCHANT, FISHING AND PASSENGER VESSELS AND SHALL INCLUDE ACTIVE, INTENDED AND EX-SEAFARERS AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE ANY APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a total surplus of £16,339 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted reserves standing at £283,815. This figure is significantly above the charity's stated policy target of accumulating at least £100,000 in reserves to manage major risks. The trustees confirm that the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis, indicating sufficient resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Chaplain Michelle DePooter
• Marinus Anthonius van Belle
• Rev Mark Stevens Nestlehutt
• Rev Matthias Thomas Robert Ristau · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev Peter Rouch
• Rev Ritchille Galo Salinas
• Rev Selma Albaek Ravn
• Sara Wall Baade

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

Operates in: Australia · Bahrain · Belgium · Brazil · China · Cyprus · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Germany · Greece

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Seafarers' Christian Friend Society.

• Seafarers' Christian Friend Society income £334k
• SAILORS' SOCIETY income £1.5m
• CHRISTIANS AWARE income £109k
• INTERNATIONAL MARITIME RESCUE FEDERATION income £635k
• EUROPEAN CHRISTIAN MISSION (INTERNATIONAL) income £506k
• CHRISTIAN CAUSE income £63k

Side by side with its peers

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