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SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

Registered charity 224505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SAILORS' CHILDRENS' SOCIETY, THE SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY, THE SAILORS' FAMILIES' SOCIETY

Sailors' Children's Society provides help to seafarers' children after a traumatic event such as bereavement/loss, diagnosis of terminal illness or breakdown of a marital relationship. Help includes clothing and children's welfare grants, respite breaks, emotional support and links to other specialist organisations for additional help. We aim to let children be children during difficult times.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£896k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £2,089,819, with unrestricted reserves of £633,097, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet current commitments. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £147,095, largely driven by significant transfers from designated funds to support operations and strategic initiatives such as purchasing a new office building.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of expenditure (held: £633k)
“The current reserves policy adopted by the Trustees is to maintain sufficient reserves to run the charity without risk for at least 12 months, equating to £1,020,940 of expenditure in 2025.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Streets Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In the news

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sailors Children's Society (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£896k
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£312k
Reserves (reported)
£633k
Employees
9

Reported reserves equal ~7.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (69% 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: 34.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£896k£1.0m
31/03/2024£642k£895k
31/03/2023£634k£798k
31/03/2022£863k£865k
31/03/2021£957k£1.0m

Common questions

Is SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total reserves of £2,089,819, with unrestricted reserves of £633,097, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet current commitments. The charity reported a net expenditure for the year of £147,095, largely driven by significant transfers from designated funds to support operations and strategic initiatives such as purchasing a new office building. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Streets Audit LLP.

Who funds SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY, THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND, THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION, THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY, MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITYFY2024£165kNaval Families
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2025£72kWelfare
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2024£68kWelfare
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2022£63kWelfare
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2021£10kChildren's services
MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATIONFY2024£6k
HEY SMILE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARDFY2023£4kHome Computers
MATTHEW GOOD FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2024£3kChildren
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2023£3kChildren
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITYFY2022£3kChildren
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k
JOHNNIE JOHNSON TRUSTFY2021£2k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE WALTER GUINNESS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kfor children in Wiltshire
THE DAVID GIBBONS FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kMaritime
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE ASTOR FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£700
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500Children and Young People
THE JOICEY TRUSTFY2025£500

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East09/09/2021£2kA grant to Sailors' Children's Society
UK government01/04/2018£50kFinancial Assistance/Support
UK government—£30kFinancial Assistance/Support

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
BALTIC EXCHANGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£30k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED2£8k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation2£6k
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors)1—
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND1£599k
LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATION1£460k
THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST1£99k
THE ELIZABETH AND PRINCE ZAIGER TRUST1£27k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY£896k——unclear—no doubt
SAILORS' SOCIETY FY2024£1.6m——below—no doubt
SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY FY2025£544k£90,001 - £100,0001above—no doubt
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors) FY2025£3.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FY2025£1.6m£90,001 - £100,0001above—no doubt
The Naval Children's Charity FY2026£1.5m——unclear—no doubt

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