The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors) — grant history

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Latest income

£3.9m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

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Accounts grants total

£3.1m

extracted from its FY2025 accounts

Cross-checked against the funder’s own 360Giving open-data publication: 6 of 10 grants we extracted from its FY2024 accounts match a published grantee by name (60%), and 1 also match on amount within 2%. Differences usually reflect accounting-year vs award-date timing and grants the accounts aggregate. Published 360Giving grants in the file: 473.

Credited as a funder by

Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

NATIONAL COASTWATCH INSTITUTION “[![the seafarers' charity](https://www.nci.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/theseafarerscharitylogo.png)](https://www.t”
Relationship Counselling-East Anglia “Seafarers' Charity Funded counselling for fishing and merchant navy seafaring communities.”

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

Education/training (5 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (4 grantees)
Other Charitable Purposes (4 grantees)
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (3 grantees)
Religious Activities (3 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (2 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (2 grantees)
Accommodation/housing (2 grantees)
Disability (1 grantee)
Arts/culture/heritage/science (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (7 grantees)
Scotland (7 grantees)
Northern Ireland (5 grantees)
South Africa (4 grantees)
India (3 grantees)
New Zealand (3 grantees)
Singapore (3 grantees)
Brazil (3 grantees)
Philippines (3 grantees)
Australia (3 grantees)

What changed: FY2022 → FY2024

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.

Change	Grantee	FY2022	FY2024
new	THE NAUTICAL INSTITUTE	—	£60k
new	Port Skills and Safety	—	£50k
new	FISH Platform	—	£30k
new	FISHING INTO THE FUTURE	—	£23k
new	I EXIST TOO	—	£20k
new	International Maritime Health Foundation	—	£15k
new	Women in Transport (WISTA)	—	£10k
new	Not Forgotten Association	—	£5k
up	NAUTILUS WELFARE FUND	£142k	£293k
not listed	THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS	£787k	—
not listed	Advice and Information Line	£751k	—
not listed	Seafarers International Relief Fund (SIRF)	£365k	—
not listed	Partner organisation	£150k	—
not listed	National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations	£29k	—
not listed	Cornish Fish Producers Organisation	—	—
not listed	UK Fishing Fleet	—	—
not listed	International Seafarers Welfare & Assistance Network	—	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
The Nautilus Welfare Fund	FY2024	£293k	Related party transaction
Nautical Institute	FY2024	£60k	Grants-advocacy and campaigns
Port Skills and Safety	FY2024	£50k	Grants-advocacy and campaigns
FISH Platform	FY2024	£30k	Related party transaction
Fishing into the Future	FY2024	£23k	Grants-advocacy and campaigns
I Exist Too	FY2024	£20k	Grants-advocacy and campaigns
International Maritime Health Foundation	FY2024	£15k	Grants-advocacy and campaigns
Women in Transport (WISTA)	FY2024	£10k	Grants-advocacy and campaigns
Not Forgotten Association	FY2024	£5k	Grants-advocacy and campaigns
White Ensign Association	FY2024	£1k	Grants-advocacy and campaigns
Mission to Seafarers	FY2022	£787k	welfare support at seafarer centres and advocacy work in the United Arab Emirates
Advice and Information Line	FY2022	£751k	financial support for advice on welfare benefits, debt, housing and other issues
Seafarers International Relief Fund (SIRF)	FY2022	£365k	support seafarers and their families impacted by the war in Ukraine
Partner organisation	FY2022	£150k	project enabling fishers to access financial support for enhancing safety culture
Nautilus Welfare Fund	FY2022	£142k	project to support 200 seafarers per year suffering financial hardship in Hull, Portsmouth and Southampton
Partner organisation	FY2022	£120k	free digital service to support families affected by traumatic events
Partner organisation	FY2022	£80k	two welfare roles to support the wellbeing of students training to become seafarers on professional yachts
National Federation of Fisherman’s Organisations	FY2022	£29k	grants to the Fishing industry in England and Wales
Cornish Fish Producers Organisation	FY2022	—	Fathom Podcast
UK Fishing Fleet	FY2022	—	Fishing Into The Future
International Seafarers Welfare & Assistance Network	FY2022	—	Seafarer Help and support for seafarers impacted by the war in Ukraine
Sailors Society	FY2022	—	welfare support at seafarer centres and Crisis Response Network
International Seafarers Welfare & Assistance Network	FY2022	—	delivery of support in Ukraine
Mortrans Welfare Fund	FY2022	—	delivery of support in Ukraine
Stella Maris	FY2022	—	welfare support at seafarer centres

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 (no individually listed grants). 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.