Registered charity · London

Qvsr

10 trustees
Income £4.2m (2024)

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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes
Where: Throughout London, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Bristol City and more
Website: www.qvsr.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company: Qvsr
Registered: 2004

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2024£4.2m£4.2m
2023£4.4m£3.9m
2022£4.3m£3.5m

Earlier years

2021£2.9m£2.5m
2020£3.2m£2.6m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH PARTICULARLY IN THE PORT OF LONDON AND AMONGST SEAMEN OF ALL NATIONS;(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY PARTICULARLY IN THE PORT OF LONDON AND AMONGST MERCHANT SEAMEN OF ALL NATIONS:(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SEAMANSHIP AND OTHER MARITIME SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE:(IV) THE PROVISION (PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF RESIDENTIAL HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION IN THE PORT OF LONDON) OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SEAMEN, BUT PRIMARILY MERCHANT SEAMEN OF ALL NATIONS, ASHORE (IN PARTICULAR ASHORE IN THE PORT OF LONDON) AND HAVING THE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY MEANS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL ANDECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND(V) IN SO FAR AS THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY CANNOT BE USED OR APPLIED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS THE SAME MAY BE USED TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY PERSON HAVING NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Grants received

23 grants · £811,198 total

360Giving 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 · £409,500 (14 grants)
The National Lottery Community Fund · £181,647
The Clothworkers' Foundation · £60,000
The Seafarers' Charity · £55,000 (4 grants)
Seafarers' Charity · £50,000

Most recent

Seafarers' Charity £50,0002026-10-30
The Seafarers' Charity £40,0002023-11-10
The Seafarers' Charity £45,0002022-10-12
Essex Community Foundation £5,0512022-04-07
The Seafarers' Charity £40,0002021-12-06

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.

10 trustees on the board

2.4y median 2y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Sir Alastair Norris Chair since 2020

16.6y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (6)

company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 10The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10Accommodation/housing 9Education/training 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.

Hospitality 21Other services 3Tech and media 3

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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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£4.2m 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.

40.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 55.7 in 2020

62 from 38 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.

Sources

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

Record details

Registered charity number: 1106126
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 31 AUGUST 2004 AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION ON THE 11 APRIL 2005 as amended on 02 Dec 2021
Companies House: Company number 05218014 · Active
Contact on the register: 02079875466 · alexcampbell@qvsr.org.uk
Edition: Register edition compiled 4th 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.

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