The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Merchant Seamen's WAR Memorial Society (Incorporated)

Registered charity 207500 Registered since 1962

Operates: Surrey

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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.

9 trustees on the board

2.7y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
1
trustees past 6 years
9.8y
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 10Health 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.

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

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Contact

Websitewww.careashore.org
Emailj.nicholson@careashore.org
Phone01403752555
AddressMerchant Seamans War Memorial Society, Springbok Estate, Alfold, CRANLEIGH, Surrey, GU6 8EX

Finances

£1,350,941 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,285,619£972,677
2022£906,695£975,129
2023£4,838,734£1,405,211
2024£1,043,483£1,476,797
2025£1,350,941£1,640,532

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesAccommodation/housing

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (9)

9trustees
62median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Merchant Seamen's WAR Memorial Society (Incorporated)(the) · 00428236 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 23/01/1947

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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