WHITBY MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL HOUSES

Registered charity 508014 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides accommodation for seafaring families over 60 years of age.

Objects

(1)FOR THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR POOR PERSONS WHO ARE RETIRED SEAMEN OR THEIR WIDOWS OR DEPENDANTS BEING NOT LESS THAN 60 YEARS OF AGE, SUCH SEAMEN, WIDOWS OR DEPENDANTS BEING AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT RESIDENT IN THE TOWN OF WHITBY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THEREOF. (2)SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENTS AFORESAID THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE ALMSHOUSES OF THE CHARITY OR ANY OF THEM IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT FROM TIME TO TIME. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE SCHEME DATED 8 FEBRUARY 1994).

Area of benefit: TOWN OF WHITBY AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

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

Registered contact address: North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year and holds unrestricted reserves of £342,826. The accounts were examined by independent examiners who found no matters requiring attention. The charity maintains a strong balance sheet with total assets of £1,253,768 against current liabilities of £1,834.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Financial reserves 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

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAPTAIN GEOFFREY KENNETH THOMSONchair
• CAPTAIN MALCOLM EGLON
• CAPTAIN STUART PRINGLE
• David Robert Millar · trustee of 2 other charities
• Eric Matthew

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 SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY.

• SEAFARERS HOSPITAL SOCIETY income £544k
• THE WILLIE SEAGER MEMORIAL HOMES income £53k
• THE MERCHANT SEAMEN'S WAR MEMORIAL SOCIETY (INCORPORATED) income £1.4m
• THE ST MARY'S HOSPITAL CHARITIES income £56k
• AGED MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOMES income £573k
• THE FISHERMEN'S HOSPITAL CHARITY income £63k

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