Seafarers' Christian Friend Society

Registered charity 209133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEAMEN'S CHRISTIAN FRIEND SOCIETY

to promote and minister in every possible way to the spiritual and temporal welfare of seamen and others and to afford to them advice and counsel in the cause of the Christian faith, temperance and well being.

Objects

1)TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL MORAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF SEAMEN. 2)TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN HOSTELS INSTITUTES AND MISSIONS FOR SEAMEN.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £84,024 for the year, with total income decreasing to £245,465 from the previous year's £289,889. Per the trustees' report, total reserves decreased to £648,943 at year-end, which remains significantly above the stated prudent holding target of approximately £75,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steven Thompsonchair
• ANDREW DAKIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• ARCHIBALD MCAVOY
• Charles Hancock
• Commander RN retired DANIEL LAWRENCE YARKER
• HERMINIA SANTOS

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

Operates in: Ireland · Middlesbrough · North Tyneside · Northern Ireland · Pembrokeshire · Portsmouth City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• SAILORS' SOCIETY income £1.6m
• SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY income £544k
• The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors) income £3.9m
• SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY income £896k
• INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MARITIME ASSOCIATION income £222k
• THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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