ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY

Registered charity 209776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL ALFRED, ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARER'S SOCIETY, ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS, ROYAL ALFRED SOCIETY, ROYAL ALFRED'S MERCHANT SEAMEN'S SOCIETY

Provision of care home facilities and housing for retired and disabled seafarers, their widows and dependants.

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Latest income

£5.3m

Latest spending

£5.5m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £105,608 for the year ended 31 December 2025, having drawn heavily on reserves to fund modernisation. While the Board considers the charity a going concern, the trustees explicitly state that total free reserves of £1.94m are currently inadequate against a policy target of six months' operating costs (£2.5m).

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of operating costs (held: £1.9m)

“The policy is to restore them over time, increase the sum held to cover six months and then over the next five years to increase the sum held to cover a greater period of expenditure such as twelve months”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants received from JR Maritime & Security Consultants, a company where a trustee is a director.

“During the year, grants were received from JR Maritime & Security Consultants, a company where Captain Brett Smith is a director, totalling £25,868, no amounts where outstanding at the year end.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House RC000444

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Royal Alfred Seafarers Society (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

David Dominy — Chief Executive (source)
Alice Mitroi — Home Manager (source)
Nick Potroanchenu — Estates Manager (source)
Louise Watson — Housekeeping Manager (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 15/04/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

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

Total income

£5.3m

Total spending

£5.5m

Cost of raising funds

£69k

Reserves (reported)

£1.9m

Employees

101

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 1.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Belvedere House: Good (14/06/2019) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

Cedric Philip Wake OBE FNIchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREW PARKER · trustee of 2 other charities
BERNARD WATSON · trustee of 1 other charity
CAPTAIN ADRIAN McCOURT
COMMANDER SUSAN E LOCHNER JP DL
Captain Brett Smith AFNI MCMI
Captain Stephen CLINCH
Commodore Mel Robinson CBE FCIPD
Dr Alison Lewis-Smith
JOSHUA TASKER

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£5.3m	£5.5m
31/12/2024	£5.0m	£5.4m
31/12/2023	£3.2m	£4.7m
31/12/2022	£3.0m	£4.1m
31/12/2021	£3.4m	£3.9m

Common questions

Is ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £105,608 for the year ended 31 December 2025, having drawn heavily on reserves to fund modernisation. While the Board considers the charity a going concern, the trustees explicitly state that total free reserves of £1.94m are currently inadequate against a policy target of six months' operating costs (£2.5m). Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

Who funds ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND, THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST, THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY, MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD, QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND	FY2025	£105k	Welfare
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND	FY2024	£100k	Welfare
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND	FY2022	£92k	Welfare
THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST	FY2024	£75k
THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY	FY2022	£65k	Quality of Life Pathway
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD	FY2023	£30k	Nurse call system and Lift repair/upgrade
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST	FY2024	£10k
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD	FY2024	£10k	Website Redesign
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD	FY2025	£6k	Fire doors upgrade
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST	FY2022	£5k
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST	FY2023	£5k
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE LOSELEY CHRISTIAN TRUST	FY2022	£100

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 DYERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£13k
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors)	1	—
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST	1	£320k
ST ALDHELM'S CHAPEL TRUST	1	£200k
CHK Foundation	1	£195k
THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST	1	£165k
BRUCE WAKE CHARITY	1	£45k
THE HOPMARKET CHARITY	1	£43k

Charities like this

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

SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY income £544k
AGED MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOMES income £185k
WILSON'S MARINERS' HOMES income £122k
ROYAL AIR FORCE SAILING ASSOCIATION income £135k
THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £1.6m
THE MERCHANT SEAMEN'S WAR MEMORIAL SOCIETY (INCORPORATED) income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY	£5.3m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY FY2025	£544k	£90,001 - £100,000	1	above	—	no doubt
AGED MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOMES FY2024	£185k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WILSON'S MARINERS' HOMES FY2025	£122k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROYAL AIR FORCE SAILING ASSOCIATION FY2024	£135k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FY2025	£1.6m	£90,001 - £100,000	1	above	—	no doubt

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