NAUTILUS WELFARE FUND

Registered charity 218742 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GENERAL CHARITIES ADMINISTERED ICW THE NATIONAL UNION OF MARINE AVIATION AND SHIPPING TRANSPORT OFFICERS

We provide welfare services to needy Merchant Navy seafarers and their dependants. This is achived by :-the provision of accommodation and support for those who are able to live independentley in Mariners Park Estate - the provision of residential,nursing and respite care in the Mariners Park Care Home- the provision of annual,one off grants and a caseworker service

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £24,886,127, while the charity reported a net expenditure of £174,644 before investment gains. The trustees note that the majority of these funds are tied up in fixed assets and investments, and the charity relies heavily on Local Authority funding and investment income to remain financially viable.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2023) → 0 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — NWF (matched by registered charity number).

CQC provider record: Nautilus Welfare Fund — Registered, 3 registered locations, 3 regulated activities, last inspected 13/04/2023.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)

Reported reserves equal ~56.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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: 0.4% 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).

• Mariners Park Care Home: Requires improvement (14/06/2023) · CQC record
• Nautilus Care: Good (19/06/2019) · CQC record

Trustees · trustee networks

• Nautilus International Council

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

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

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD.

• MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD income £808k
• THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST income £1.5m
• WILSON'S MARINERS' HOMES income £122k
• SAILORS' SOCIETY income £1.6m
• ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY income £5.3m
• SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY income £544k

Side by side with its peers

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