THE JOHN WILLIAM SLATER MEMORIAL FUND

Registered charity 270706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SLATER FUND

Main activity is to assist Marine Ratings to train as Ship's Officers.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COUNCIL MAY IN ITS ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE SO FAR AS THE SAME SHALL BE A LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING HAVING REGARD TO THE FOLLOWING PARTICULAR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WHICH WERE OF INTEREST TO THE LATE JOHN WILLIAM SLATER NAMELY:- (I) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUITABLE SHIPS' RATINGS TO ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY OR OTHER OFFICERS' CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS. (II) THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR RESEARCH INTO MANAGEMENT/LABOUR RELATIONS PARTICULARLY WITHIN THE SHIPPING AND AIR TRANSPORT INDUSTRIES AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Registered contact address: Wirral, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ceased trading in 2024 and transferred all assets to the Marine Society and Sea Cadets. The financial statements were prepared on a basis other than going concern as the charity has no intention to continue operations. The charity had no employees and no trustees received remuneration during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Investment
• Risk management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 17/12/2025, 47 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID SLATERchair
• Anthony Mark Dickinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Glenys Jackson OBE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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