SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY

Registered charity 231724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL SOCIETY

The Society assists seafarers and their dependants in need by making grants to qualifying individuals, as well as to selected organisations. Applications for individual assistance may be made at any time

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£544k

Latest spending

£944k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £57,661 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following investment gains of £342,171. Total funds carried forward were £6,287,741, with unrestricted reserves of £6,238,504. The trustees confirmed that the level of reserves provides a level of funds sufficient to meet current and anticipated expenditure over a prolonged period.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £90,001 - £100,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £60k)

“The number of employees who received remuneration amounting to between £90,000-£100,000 was one” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees who received remuneration amounting to between £90,000-£100,000 was one” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet the current, anticipated levels of expenditure over a prolonged period (held: £6.2m)

“Trustees are of the opinion that the funds provide a level of reserves sufficient to meet the current, anticipated levels of expenditure over a prolonged period, arising from the ongoing charitable activities.” — page 20

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2024) to £90,001 - £100,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Seafarers Hospital Society (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£182k

Total spending

£944k

Cost of raising funds

£42k

Reserves (reported)

£6.3m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~80.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (94% 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: 23.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Captain Kuba Szymanskichair
Captain R Dunn
Christopher Patrick Warton Nairne
DR JOHN TIMOTHY CARTER MD PhD
David Appleton · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr CHARLOTTE MENDES DA COSTA MBBS MRCGP
Mark Carden · trustee of 1 other charity
OLUWOLE SAMUEL TUNDE · trustee of 1 other charity
RUPERT CHICHESTER MA
SURGEON COMMANDER FRANK LEONARD MB ChB RN

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£544k	£944k
31/12/2024	£312k	£926k
31/12/2023	£518k	£670k
31/12/2022	£398k	£724k
31/12/2021	£154k	£827k

Common questions

Is SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £57,661 for the year ended 31 December 2025, following investment gains of £342,171. Total funds carried forward were £6,287,741, with unrestricted reserves of £6,238,504. The trustees confirmed that the level of reserves provides a level of funds sufficient to meet current and anticipated expenditure over a prolonged period. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £90,001 - £100,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY as a grant recipient include THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND, MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

David Appleton — trustee here and at MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND	FY2024	£30k	Welfare
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND	FY2025	£25k	Welfare
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD	FY2024	£7k	Fishing for Better Health Clinic
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD	FY2024	£6k	Mental Health Support - TogetherAll
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD	FY2025	£5k	Digital Psychological Support for Seafarers and Fishermen via Togetherall

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	07/08/2024	£177k	UK Seafood Fund: Fleet Modernisation (Round 3) - Training to Improve the Health, Safety and Wellbeing of the Catching Sector

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST	3	£214k
THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY	2	£230k
BALTIC EXCHANGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£30k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION	2	£27k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	2	£8k
The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation	2	£6k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£4k
THE HEMBY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £1.6m
SAILORS' SOCIETY income £1.6m
SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY income £896k
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors) income £3.9m
Seafarers' Christian Friend Society income £245k
THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY	£544k	£90,001 - £100,000	1	above	—	no doubt
THE SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' ROYAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FY2025	£1.6m	£90,001 - £100,000	1	above	—	no doubt
SAILORS' SOCIETY FY2024	£1.6m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY FY2025	£896k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors) FY2025	£3.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Seafarers' Christian Friend Society FY2024	£245k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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