The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Stella Maris

Registered charity 1069833 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, South Africa, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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

4.7y median 5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 13Religious Activities 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 13Other services 4Education 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£2.6m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

25.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 29.4 in 2020

36 from 33 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk
Emailinfo@stellamarismail.org
Phone02079011931
AddressStella Maris, 39 Eccleston Square, LONDON, SW1V 1BX

Finances

£3,055,999 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£2,130,169£2,577,615
2022£2,410,254£2,712,878
2023£2,654,965£2,317,152
2024£2,603,585£2,684,982
2025£3,055,999£3,036,259

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesReligious ActivitiesHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or DiversityOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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)

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

Trustees (13)

13trustees
58median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Stella Maris · 03320318 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/02/1997

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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