WILSON'S MARINERS' HOMES

Registered charity 221375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide housing to persons of limited means, principally retired seafarers and their dependents.

Objects

THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE FOLLOWING POOR AND AGED PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER, THAT IS TO SAY SHIPOWNERS (HAVING BEEN NAUTICAL MEN), SHIP MASTERS, MATES, SEA GOING CARPENTERS OR MARINERS AND THE WIVES OR WIDOWS OR UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS BEING NOT LESS THAN FIFTY YEARS OF AGE, SUCH PERSONS' WIVES, WIDOWS OR DAUGHTERS (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES APPROVED BY COMMISSIONERS) HAVING RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS NEXT PRECEEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO MARRIED COUPLES SUBJECT TO APPLICANTS OF THE RESPECTIVE CLASSES AND IN THE ORDER OF PRIORITY HEREIN BEFORE MENTIONED

Area of benefit: SCARBOROUGH

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

Causes: Accommodation/housing · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £826,775, supported by a net income of £31,481 for the year. The trustees report that the charity is reliant on resident contributions and investment income, with resources considered adequate to continue operations in the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £120k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR FRED NORMANDALEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BARBARA CAMPLIN
• CAPTAIN PETER HOLTBY MN
• COLIN WOODHEAD · trustee of 1 other charity
• JANET HELEN JEFFERSON · trustee of 4 other charities
• Mark Terrence Vesey
• Rev SAMANTHA TREDWELL
• Robert Michael Swalwell
• Simon Green
• Thomas William Fox · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AGED MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOMES.

• AGED MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOMES income £185k
• ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY income £5.3m
• NAUTILUS WELFARE FUND income £4.0m
• THE ALEXANDRA HOMES income £220k
• The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors) income £3.9m
• THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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