THE I T F SEAFARERS TRUST

Registered charity 281936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide or assist in providing for the welfare of maritime workers of all nations, and assisting them and their dependents in conditions of sickness, hardship and distress

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL STAND POSSESSED OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY AS AND WHEN THEY SHALL THINK FIT, THE SAME AND THE INCOME THEREOF;(A) IN RELIEVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND DISABILITY AMONGST SEAFARERS;(B) IN PROMOTING THE SPIRITUAL AND MORAL WELFARE OF SEAFARERS;(C) IN PROVIDING, OR ASSISTING IN PROVIDING, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FACILITIES SERVING INTERNATIONAL PORTS FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATIONS FOR SEAFARERS AND OTHER MARITIME WORKERS OF ALL NATIONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF LIFE OFSUCH SEAFARERS AND OTHER MARITIME WORKERS;(D) IN RELIEVING SEAFARERS' SPOUSES, CIVIL PARTNERS, CHILDREN) WIDOWS AND WIDOWERSAND OTHER DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS;(E) IN ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF SEAFARERS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT;(F) IN ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OFTHE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ON THE SUBJECT OF SEAFARERS' RIGHTS AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ALL ASPECTS OF THAT SUBJECT AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS; AND(G) IN PROMOTING AND PRESERVING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF SEAFARERS WITH THE AIM OF PRESERVING LIFE".

Area of benefit: ANY PART OF THE WORLD

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £3,702,962 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £32,865,240 to £29,162,278. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains free reserves of £2,075,611 and considers there to be no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services Ltd.. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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 31/12/2022 (received 21/12/2023, 51 days after the 31/10/2023 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.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• David Heindel — Chairperson (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• International Labour Organisation — “The ITF Seafarers’ Trust (ITFST) is announcing new project funding of EUR 500,000 to the International Labour Organisation on this, the 20-y…” (source page)

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~59.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVE HEINDELchair
• Anthony Mark Dickinson · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRIAN ORRELL
• Jacqueline Smith
• PADRAIG JOSEPH CRUMLIN
• STEPHEN MARK COTTON
• Sunil Nair

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

Operates in: Abu Dhabi · Afghanistan · Ajman · Akrotiri · Aland Islands · Albania · Algeria · American Samoa · Andorra · Angola · Anguilla · Antarctica

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Seafarers' Christian Friend Society.

• Seafarers' Christian Friend Society income £334k
• SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY income £544k
• SAILORS' SOCIETY income £1.5m
• LIVERPOOL SEAFARERS CENTRE income £518k
• INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN MARITIME ASSOCIATION income £231k
• THE MERSEY MISSION TO SEAFARERS income £166k

Side by side with its peers

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