THE MARIE CELESTE SAMARITAN SOCIETY

Registered charity 1187012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of The Society is to provide and administer such relief and aid for patients at, or who have been discharged from The Royal London Hospital as does not fall within the scope of the National Health Service.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£510k

Latest spending

£456k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,531,682, which significantly exceed the trustees' target of holding at least one year's likely outgo in cash or cash equivalents. The trustees report that sufficient funds exist to permit the society to operate in the long term, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year's likely outgo (held: £16.5m)

“The Trustees aim to hold at least one year's likely outgo in cash or cash equivalents to be able to fund expenditure which meets the Society's objects.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Barrow LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£510k

Total spending

£456k

Reserves (reported)

£16.5m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (97% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (23/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALEXANDER JOHN SCOTT-BARRETT · trustee of 2 other charities
David George Thomas
Dr Louise Langmead
Dr Veronica Lilian Coral White
Mary Mackintosh Denholm
PROFESSOR TREVOR BEEDHAM FRCOG · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy James Palmer

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£510k	£456k
31/12/2024	£495k	£403k
31/12/2023	£460k	£384k
31/12/2022	£452k	£373k
31/12/2021	£433k	£378k

Common questions

Is THE MARIE CELESTE SAMARITAN SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,531,682, which significantly exceed the trustees' target of holding at least one year's likely outgo in cash or cash equivalents. The trustees report that sufficient funds exist to permit the society to operate in the long term, with no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Barrow LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND	3	£450k
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD	2	£40k
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors)	1	—
THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST	1	£99k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£30k
BALTIC EXCHANGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£20k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION	1	£15k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)	1	£7k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY.

SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY income £544k
SAILORS' SOCIETY income £1.6m
THE LONDON SOCIETY income £103k
THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA income £649k
THE SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF MEDICAL MEN income £256k
SHREE SATTAVIS GAM PATIDAR SAMAJ (EUROPE) income £472k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MARIE CELESTE SAMARITAN SOCIETY	£510k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY FY2025	£544k	£90,001 - £100,000	1	above	—	no doubt
SAILORS' SOCIETY FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SOCIETY FY2024	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE SOCIETY OF MARY AND MARTHA FY2025	£649k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE SOCIETY FOR RELIEF OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS OF MEDICAL MEN FY2025	£256k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.