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Merchant Navy Association

  • 16 trustees
  • Income £74k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
Where
Throughout England
Website
www.mna.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£74k£44k
  • 2024£86k£58k
  • 2023£49k£36k
Earlier years
  • 2022£44k£36k
  • 2021£40k£33k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

2.1 TO RELIEVE AND ASSIST ALL SERVING AND RETIRED SEAFARERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF POVERTY, DISABILITY, SICKNESS, INFIRMITY OR OTHERWISE; TO SUPPORT THE FAMILIES OF SEAFARERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN SERVICE OR RETIREMENT.2.2 TO EDUCATE THE WIDER PUBLIC ON THE ROLE, PURPOSE AND HISTORY OF THE MERCHANT NAVY AND FISHING FLEETS AND TO SUPPORT THOSE INTERESTED IN A CAREER AT SEA.

Grants received

5 grants · £11,210 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

  • Ministry of Defence · £5,200
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,684 (2 grants)
  • The Seafarers' Charity · £2,000
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £326

Most recent

  • The Seafarers' Charity £2,0002023-03-28
  • Ministry of Defence £5,2002018-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £2,4002013-05-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £1,2842010-08-05
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £3262005-04-20
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.

5.3y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (4)

4
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 16The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 15Disability 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 2Environment/conservation/heritage 1Recreation 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 3Education 2Arts and leisure 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£74k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1135661
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 11 JUNE 2009 AS AMENDED ON 24 OCT 2020AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 24 APR 2021 as amended on 26 May 2023 as amended on 26 May 2023
Contact on the register
02381550105 · secretary@mna.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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