Registered charity · London
Stella Maris
Stella Maris is a registered charity (number 1069833) based in London, governed by 13 trustees. Latest income £3.1m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 13 trustees
- Income £3.1m (2025)
The people who lead this organisation are listed below. Create a free account to save it, get alerts and check how you are connected.
Official record Charity Commission · updated 18th October 2026 · Sources · Free, no card or password
Network
The large node is Stella Maris. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Dashed links are historical or inferred. Click any node to explore.
Who leads it
- Christopher McdadeTrustee · since 2025
- Edward DonatiTrustee · since 2023
- James CashmanTrustee · since 2024
- James MuirTrustee · since 2020
- John Stanley HoodTrustee · since 2021
- Karen YoungTrustee · since 2024
- Maria Lourdes Socorro Provido CroweTrustee · since 2020
- Rev David BurkeTrustee · since 2021
- Rev Edward Nicholas Hugh Gilbert BishopTrustee · since 2020
- Robert AshdownTrustee · since 2026
- Rt Rev Paul James MasonTrustee · since 2017
- Theresa CrossleyTrustee · since 2018
- William Ogbonna AzuhTrustee · since 2018
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
Similar charities are matched by type of organisation or purpose and listed by latest income; shared trustees are formal board links. Neither is proof the organisations work together.
About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, South Africa, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Stella Maris
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.1m£3.0m
- 2024£2.6m£2.7m
- 2023£2.7m£2.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.4m£2.7m
- 2021£2.1m£2.6m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE GENERAL AND PASTORAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA WORLDWIDE, REGARDLESS OF CREED, GENDER OR ETHNIC ORIGIN, IN WAYS CONSISTENT WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND THE RECOGNISED PRACTICES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.(THE 'PEOPLE OF THE SEA' INCLUDE SEAFARERS AND MARITIME PERSONNEL. SEAFARERS ARE ACTUALLY THOSE ON BOARD MERCHANT SHIPS AND FISHING VESSELS AND ALL WHO FOR WHATEVER REASON ARE UNDERTAKING A VOYAGE. MARITIME PERSONNEL INCLUDES THOSE WHO WORK ON PRODUCTION PLATFORMS OFFSHORE, IT INCLUDES STUDENTS PREPARING FOR THIS WORK AND THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THIS WORK, IT ALSO INCLUDES THEIR FAMILIES AND PORT WORKERS)
Grants received
27 grants · £1,662,144 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Seafarers' Charity · £1,350,105 (21 grants)
- Seafarers' Charity · £224,539 (4 grants)
- The Seafarers' Charity · £80,000
- SHAREGIFT · £7,500
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
13 trustees on the board
- Christopher Mcdade since 2025
- Edward Donati since 2023
- James Cashman since 2024
- James Muir since 2020
- John Stanley Hood since 2021
- Karen Young since 2024
- Maria Lourdes Socorro Provido Crowe since 2020
- Rev David Burke since 2021
- Rev Edward Nicholas Hugh Gilbert Bishop since 2020
- Robert Ashdown since 2026
- Rt Rev Paul James Mason since 2017
- Theresa Crossley since 2018
- William Ogbonna Azuh since 2018
Trustees past 6 years
- James Muir since 2020
- Maria Lourdes Socorro Provido Crowe since 2020
- Rev Edward Nicholas Hugh Gilbert Bishop since 2020
- Rt Rev Paul James Mason since 2017
- Theresa Crossley since 2018
- William Ogbonna Azuh since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Christopher Mcdade since 2025
- Edward Donati since 2023
- James Cashman since 2024
- James Muir since 2020
- John Stanley Hood since 2021
- Karen Young since 2024
- Maria Lourdes Socorro Provido Crowe since 2020
- Rev David Burke since 2021
- Rev Edward Nicholas Hugh Gilbert Bishop since 2020
- Robert Ashdown since 2026
- Theresa Crossley since 2018
- William Ogbonna Azuh since 2018
Portfolio (1)
- Rt Rev Paul James Mason since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
25.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 29.4 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1069833
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/02/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/07/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/06/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/11/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/04/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15/03/2012NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 04/12/2014 as amended on 16 Jul 2019 as amended on 19 Aug 2019 as amended on 23 Jul 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 03320318 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02079011931 · info@stellamarismail.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data