MERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD — grant history

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Latest income
£808k
Grants listed (FY2025)
21
Listed grants total
£201k
Accounts grants total
£143k

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

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What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (8 grantees)
  • Scotland (8 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (7 grantees)
  • South Africa (4 grantees)
  • Belgium (3 grantees)
  • India (3 grantees)
  • Philippines (3 grantees)
  • New Zealand (3 grantees)
  • Brazil (3 grantees)
  • Australia (3 grantees)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newANSS 2025—£28k
newQVSR—£23k
newNAUTILUS WELFARE FUND—£17k
newVector 24—£7k
upThe Fishermen's Mission£3k£5k
not listedNAVAL & MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY LTD£8k—
not listedMSSC£5k—
not listedAnnual National Service for Seafarers£1k—
not listedSeafarers' Christian Friend Society£809—
not listedTHE MARINE SOCIETY AND SEA CADETS£675—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
ANSS 2025FY2025£28kOperation Eastlight
Care AshoreFY2025£25kBeneficiary Window Replacement Programme 2025
QVSRFY2025£23kTilbury Renovations
Nautilus Welfare FundFY2025£17k2025 Bedroom Refurbishment - Phases 2 & 3
Stella MarisFY2025£12kEssential repairs to Plymouth Port Seafarers’ Centre roof, redecoration of the centre and provision of new furniture and carpet
Mission to SeafarersFY2025£10kNewport Seafarers' Centre - feasibility project
QVSRFY2025£10kMain Door Control Access System
QVSRFY2025£9kNew Fuirniture Mariners' Park Care Home
QVSRFY2025£9kImmingham Seafarers' Centre Fire Alarm Upgrade
QVSRFY2025£8kFundraising Consultancy
Mission to SeafarersFY2025£8kNew washing machine for Mariners' Park Care Home
Vector 24FY2025£7kMilford Haven Operational Set Up
Royal Alfred seafarers SocietyFY2025£6kFire doors upgrade
QVSRFY2025£5kWebsite Upgrade
Seafarers Hospital SocietyFY2025£5kDigital Psychological Support for Seafarers and Fishermen via Togetherall
The Fishermen's MissionFY2025£5kNewlyn Centre refurbishment
Stella MarisFY2025£5kSheerness Seafarers' Centre refurbishment
Stella MarisFY2025£5kHull Seafarers' Centre refurbishment
Mission to SeafarersFY2025£4kHumber - Personal Safety Devices
ANSS 2025FY2025£1kAnnual National Service for Seafarers at St Paul's Cathedral 2025
MNAFY2025£500MN Day Commemorative Service
Care AshoreFY2024£46kMain building fire doors
Stella MarisFY2024£14kSouthampton Seafarers' Centre
Royal Alfred Seafarers’ SocietyFY2024£10kWebsite Redesign
Naval Military & Bible SocietyFY2024£8kNMBS Portacabin
The Mission to SeafarersFY2024£8kCritical Incident Stress Management Training
Seafarers Hospital SocietyFY2024£7kFishing for Better Health Clinic
Seafarers Hospital SocietyFY2024£6kMental Health Support - TogetherAll
MSSCFY2024£5kDigital Library for Seafarers
Mission to SeafarersFY2024£4kBelfast Cruise Ship Terminal Crew Welfare Portacabin
The Fishermen's MissionFY2024£3kPort banner project
Annual National Service for SeafarersFY2024£1kAnnual National Service for Seafarers
Seafarers‘ Christian Friend SocietyFY2024£809Aberdeen Project
Marine SocietyFY2024£675Digital Library - MSSC Marketing materials
MNAFY2024£500Day Commemorative Day Service and Reunion
QVSRFY2023£173kHumber Seafarers' Centre Refurbishment Project
MNWBFY2023£149kNSWB and Port Visitor platform
QVSRFY2023£115kFelixstowe Seafarers' Centre Refurbishment Project
QVSRFY2023£65kAssistant Operations Manager post
QVSRFY2023£63kBristol Seafarers' Centre Refurbishment Project
Stella MarisFY2023£57kNorthern Ireland Ship Visiting Team
Mission to SeafarersFY2023£46kSuicide Prevention Training
Mission to SeafarersFY2023£37kCore Funding for our Portside activities in 2023 - Region 3: North-East
Royal Alfred Seafarers’ SocietyFY2023£30kNurse call system and Lift repair/upgrade
QVSRFY2023£25kBristol Seafarers' Centre - 24 hour provision
Sailors' SocietyFY2023£23kApplication 1 - UK Wellness at Sea Resources
Mission to SeafarersFY2023£20kCore Funding for our Portside activities in 2023 - Region 1: South-West and Wales
Stella MarisFY2023£17kEnhancing the quality and consistency of care provision to seafarers by Stella Maris
Mission to SeafarersFY2023£14kCore Funding for our Portside activities in 2023 - Region 2: Southampton
QVSRFY2023£11kLondon Tilbury Communication Space Project
Women in TransportFY2023£10kTransport Equity Index
Mission to SeafarersFY2023£7kImprovements at Falmouth Seafarer Centre ahead of Tall Ships 2023
MtS North Tees and HartlepoolFY2023£5kHot Water Provision
The Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan InstitutionFY2023£5kDevelopment of new modern and interactive website
QVSR TilburyFY2023£5kCruise Crew Lounge
Mission to SeafarersFY2023£4kCore Funding for our Portside activities in 2023 - Region 4: Scotland
Aberdeen Seafarers' CentreFY2023£4kBicycles for Seafarers
Sailors' Children's SocietyFY2023£4kHome Computers
Lighthouse Seafarers' MissionFY2023£4kProject Upgrade - TV and boiler
Nautilus Welfare FundFY2023£2kReplacement of flooring at Mariners' Park
Mission to Seafarers South ShieldsFY2023£2k2 x Laptops
MNAFY2023£2kMerchant Navy Day Commemorative Service & Reunion
The Fishermen's MissionFY2023£2kNorth Shields Centre Access
Nautilus Welfare FundFY2023£2kVital Signs Machine
ANSSFY2023£1kAnnual National Service for Seafarers 2023
Nautilus Welfare FundFY2023£500Dining room tables and chairs for the dementia wing in the care home
12 UK charities and organisations funded through the Department for Transport grant programmeFY2022£1.0mDepartment for Transport Grants - Skills & Diversity and People workstreams
Marine Engineering Pathway ProjectFY2022£183kSkills & Diversity
RADAR Employment Apprenticeship ProgrammeFY2022£120kSkills & Diversity
Roadshow for GirlsFY2022£100kSkills & Diversity

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 201409 vs reference 142940 (40.9% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.