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Registered charity · Surrey

The Merchant Seamen's WAR Memorial Society (Incorporated)

The Merchant Seamen's WAR Memorial Society (Incorporated) is a registered charity (number 207500) based in Surrey, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Kenneth Usher since 2020. Latest income £1.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as Care Ashore (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £1.4m (2025)
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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Accommodation/housing
Where
Surrey
Website
www.careashore.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Merchant Seamen's WAR Memorial Society (Incorporated)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.4m£1.6m
  • 2024£1.0m£1.5m
  • 2023£4.8m£1.4m
Earlier years
  • 2022£907k£975k
  • 2021£1.3m£973k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROVIDE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE SUPPORT, SERVICES AND GRANTS TO: (A) THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN SEAFARERS, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION, FINANCIAL ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE BOARD THINK FIT; AND(B) THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN SEAFARERS AND WHO ARE SICK, DISABLED, AGED OR INFIRM OR WHO REQUIRE REST OR CONVALESCENCE BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A CONVALESCENT HOME OR REST HOME OR IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE BOARD THINK FIT;AND TO OTHERWISE EXTEND ITS SERVICES TO THOSE PERSONS HAVING AN APPROPRIATE CONNECTION WITH THE SEA AS THE BOARD THINKS FIT.4.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Grants received

3 grants · £85,000 total

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Top funders

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.

9 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (3)

9
company-linked trustees

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

Accommodation/housing 9General Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 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.

Hospitality 10Tech and media 8Health and social care 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.4m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

92.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 0.0 in 2021

16 from 16 in 2021
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
207500
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/01/1947AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/09/1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/12/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/08/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28/12/2008NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 05/04/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 JUN 2021
Companies House
Company number 00428236 · Active
Contact on the register
01403752555 · j.nicholson@careashore.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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