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SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY

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

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.

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.

Year-over-year changes

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).

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
5

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

Trustees

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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?

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STRONDFY2025£25k
MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARDFY2025£5k

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
The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation3£5k
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors)2£787k
THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST2£518k
BALTIC EXCHANGE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION2£25k
THE LESLIE MARY CARTER CHARITABLE TRUST2£15k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUST2£8k
FRAZER TRUST2£4k
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST2£3k

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