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ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY

Registered charity 209776 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q50731745 · 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.

Objects

(A)PROVIDE, CARRY ON AND MAINTAIN HOMES OR HOUSING FOR THE CARE OF AGED, INFIRM, DISABLED OR DISADVANTAGED SEAFARERS WHO CAN PROVE SERVICE IN BRITISH OR COMMONWEALTH VESSELS SATISFACTORY TO THE SOCIETY, AND TO THEIR WIDOWS AND DEPENDENTS AND ANY OTHER PREMISES AND ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH MAY BE CONNECTED THEREWITH;(B)PROVIDE OTHER RELIEF INCLUDING MEDICAL CARE TO SEAFARERS OF ALL AGES AND TO THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO MAY BE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE;(C)ACT AS TRUSTEE OR ALMONER FOR GRANTING RELIEF TO SEAFARERS OF ALL AGES AND IN NEED, AND TO THE WIDOWS AND DEPENDENTS OF ANY SUCH SEAFARERS OUT OF THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY, AND TO ANY OTHER RELEVANT BODY CORPORATE,UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OR INDIVIDUALS; AND(D)PROMOTE AND CONCERN ITSELF WITH CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF SEAFARERS AND THEIR WIDOWS AND DEPENDENTS.WHERE ‘SEAFARER’ SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE ALSO EMPLOYEES OF SHIPPINGCOMPANIES, SHIP REPAIRERS, DOCK AREAS AND PORT AUTHORITIES, WORKERS IN CONNECTION WITH OFFSHORE PLATFORMS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, AND SUCH OTHER PERSONS WHO, IN THE OPINION OF THE SOCIETY, HAVE HAD CONNECTION WITH THE SEA OR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY DURING THEIR WORKING LIVES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reigate and Banstead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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 (reserves figure: £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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £100,001–£110,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 22
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £90,001–£100,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2025£105kWelfare
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2021£100kWelfare
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2024£100kWelfare
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2022£92kWelfare
THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUSTFY2024£75k
THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITYFY2022£65kQuality of Life Pathway
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARDFY2023£30kNurse call system and Lift repair/upgrade
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARDFY2024£10kWebsite Redesign
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUSTFY2024£10k
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARDFY2025£6kFire doors upgrade
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUSTFY2025£5k
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUSTFY2023£5k
QUEEN MARY'S ROEHAMPTON TRUSTFY2022£5k
THE LOSELEY CHRISTIAN TRUSTFY2022£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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED2£5k
BALTIC EXCHANGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£35k
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION1£24k
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND1£5k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION1£3k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation1£2k
MARJORIE COOTE ANIMAL CHARITY TRUST1£2k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation1£2k

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY£5.3m——unclear—no doubt
SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY FY2025£544k£90,001 - £100,0001above—no doubt
SAILORS' SOCIETY FY2025£1.5m—5below—no doubt
LIVERPOOL SEAFARERS CENTRE FY2026£518k—0unclear—noted
Seafarers' Christian Friend Society FY2025£334k——unclear—no doubt
ROYAL AIR FORCE SAILING ASSOCIATION FY2025£170k—0unclear—no doubt

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