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Nautilus Welfare Fund

Nautilus Welfare Fund is a registered charity (number 218742) based in Merseyside, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £4.0m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £4.0m (2025)

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

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Nautilus International Council.

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

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About

What it does
Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.nautiluswelfarefund.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.0m£5.1m
  • 2024£4.8m£4.9m
  • 2023£5.3m£4.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£3.4m£4.0m
  • 2021£3.3m£3.6m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 3%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF SEAFARERS OR FORMER SEAFARERS AND/OR THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY (A) PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION, AND IF REQUIRED, RESIDENTIAL OR NURSING CARE WITH PREFERENCE TO: WIDOWS OF SEAFARERS WHO ARE OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE AND IN NEED; AND SEAFARERS WHO ARE OVER 50 YEARS OF AGE AND IN NEED(B) MAKING ANNUAL PENSIONS OR ONE-OFF GRANTS OF MONEY (C) PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES(D) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS / BODIES THAT PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES (E) DEVELOPING NEW AND ENHANCED SERVICES BY RESEARCH OR OTHERWISE, AND WHERE APPROPRIATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER BODIES / PERSONS

Grants received

19 grants · £2,887,149 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.

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Board analysis

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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£4.8m 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.

60.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 85.1 in 2020

100 from 88 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
218742
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME DATED 19 OCTOBER 2009
Contact on the register
01516398454 · welfare@nautilusint.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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