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Registered charity · London

The Maritime Educational Foundation

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £6.9m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.meftraining.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Maritime Educational Foundation
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£6.9m£1.8m
  • 2024£5.9m£2.0m
  • 2023£6.0m£1.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.8m£816k
  • 2021£2.5m£1.0m
Charitable objects

I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN MARITIME SKILLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.II) THE PROMOTION OF THE MERCANTILE MARINE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ON PARTICULAR BY THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF SEAFARERS AND PERSONS SEEKING TO BECOME SEAFARERS IN MARITIME SKILLS.III) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION TO UNEMPLOYED SEAFARERS.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

6 trustees on the board

6.8y median 5.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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

Education 13Health and social care 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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£5.9m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

82.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 4.9 in 2020

0
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1100125
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 12/07/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/09/2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/05/2013
Companies House
Company number 04251334 · Active
Contact on the register
02074172800 · susan.bell@meftraining.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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