THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Registered charity 212034 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7763856 · Wikipedia · also known as THE SHIPWRECKED MARINERS' SOCIETY

The Shipwrecked Mariners' Society provides financial support to retired seafarers (Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet) and their dependants and those unable to continue working at sea through accident, disability, illness or for compassionate reasons. The Charity operates through a nationwide network of volunteers.The Society makes annual awards for acts of skill and gallantry at sea.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF SEAMEN GENERALLY, THEIR WIVES, WIDOWS AND CHILDREN AND OTHERS DEPENDANT ON THEM.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chichester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £738,000 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £1.55 million against expenditure of £2.29 million. However, the trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £27.6 million remain robust, supported by an investment portfolio valued at £28.9 million, which provides the primary income stream for long-term sustainability.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lewis Brownlee (Chichester) Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £90,001 - £100,000 (FY2025) to £100,000 - £110,000 (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: SHIPWRECKED MARINERS TRADING LIMITED Companies House 00888664

What the charity says about itself (2024-25)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Shipwrecked Mariners' Society (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Admiral Sir George Zambellas GCB DSC DL FRAeS — President (source)
• Captain Justin Osmond RN — Chief Executive (source)
• Commander Andrea Crook RN* — Chair (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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~144.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cdr Andrea Crook RNchair
• Alison Claire Harris · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony Peter Delahunty · trustee of 1 other charity
• CAPTAIN NIGEL PALMER OBE MNM · trustee of 1 other charity
• CAPTAIN ROGER BARKER MNM FNI
• David Michael Foster
• MICHAEL SEYMOUR
• MRS LIZ PRICE
• Michael Andrew James Colyer
• Michael Peter Mansergh
• ROB JARDINE-BROWN
• Richard John Brooks
• Ruth Eleanor Charles
• TIM WEST
• Toby Justin Williamson
• William John Plant

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

Operates in: Ireland · Malta · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY income £544k
• THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY income £16.2m
• THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST income £852k
• THE MARINE SOCIETY AND SEA CADETS income £23.6m
• Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity income £5.8m
• MERCHANT NAVY ASSOCIATION income £74k

Side by side with its peers

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