The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Merchant Navy Welfare Board

Registered charity 212799 Registered since 1962

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar

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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.

17 trustees on the board

4y median 3y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (6)

16
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 17Education/training 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The 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.

Health and social care 18Education 7Business services 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£4.0m latest income
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.

10.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 120.0 in 2020

8 from 9 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.

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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.mnwb.org
Emailenquiries@mnwb.org.uk
Phone02380337799
AddressMERCHANT NAVY WELFARE BOARD, 8 CUMBERLAND PLACE, SOUTHAMPTON, SO15 2BH

Finances

£808,097 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£416,724£1,145,600
2022£4,115,906£3,645,117
2023£530,794£2,194,758
2024£3,980,539£1,173,294
2025£808,097£1,264,956

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROVIDE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE SUPPORT, SERVICES AND GRANTS TO PERSONS, ASSOCIATIONS, SOCIETIES OR OTHER BODIES WHOSE OBJECTS ARE, OR INCLUDE, THE PROVISION OF WELFARE TO SEAFARERS, OR THEIR SPOUSES OR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/04/1948AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/05/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/06/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/08/2015AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09 MAR 2023

Trustees (17)

17trustees
52median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Merchant Navy Welfare Board(the) · 00453053 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 23/04/1948

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

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