SCARBOROUGH TRINITY HOUSE SEAFARERS' TRUST

Registered charity 226134 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCARBOROUGH TRINITY HOUSE MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOME

To provide almshouse accomodation, in the form of 25 one bedroomed flats across 2 sites in Scarborough, to persons of limited means. Principally retired seafarers and their dependents.

Objects

1 MAINTENANCE OF THE ALMSHOUSE. 2 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ALMS PEOPLE OF THE CHARITY (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE SCHEME).

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 the charity reported a net loss of £1,921 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to investment losses, despite generating a surplus on charitable activities. Total net assets stood at £1,402,569, with unrestricted funds of £332,569, which the trustees consider adequate to meet anticipated needs and maintain the properties. The charity remains a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the trustees.

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 3 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAPTAIN PETER HOLTBYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ARNOLD LOCKER
• CAPTAIN MARTIN DONNELLY
• CAPTAIN MN STEPHEN ROGER KENINGTON
• CAPTAIN RAY TAYLOR
• Captain John Dyson
• DAVE RICHARDSON
• FREDERICK NORMANDALE · trustee of 1 other charity
• GEOFF KELL
• John Robinson
• The Revd. Fr. Malcolm Lockey SSC

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 THE MASTER PILOTS AND SEAMEN OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE.

• THE MASTER PILOTS AND SEAMEN OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE income £189k
• THE SCARBOROUGH MUNICIPAL CHARITY income £244k
• HULL TRINITY HOUSE CHARITY income £4.2m
• TRINITY HOMES income £120k
• SCARBOROUGH FLOWER FUND HOMES income £901k
• AGED MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOMES income £185k

Side by side with its peers

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