The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Sailors' Children's Society

Registered charity 224505 Registered since 1966

Operates: Scotland, Throughout England And Wales

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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.

2y median 1y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
7.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

8
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9General Charitable Purposes 8Education/training 2Accommodation/housing 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 8Other services 4Professional 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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£896k 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.

7.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 23.4 in 2021

9 from 7 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.

Related organisations

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Contact

Websitewww.sailorschildren.org.uk
Emailinfo@sailorschildren.org.uk
Phone01482342331
AddressSailors' Children's Society, Quarry House, Hesslewood Office Park, Ferriby Road, HESSLE, HU13 0JA

Finances

£896,337 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£956,631£1,005,221
2022£862,678£864,768
2023£634,390£798,125
2024£642,044£895,336
2025£896,337£1,020,940

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE FOR THE MAINTENANCE EDUCATION HEALTH AND PHYSICAL SPIRITUAL AND MORAL WELFARE OF ALL PERSONS IN NEED WHETHER THEY ARE YOUNG OR OLD INCLUDING THOSE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY WITH PREFERENCE TO THOSE WITH A SEAFARING CONNECTION.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01/09/1919AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/06/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/02/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/07/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/07/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/08/2005AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 30/11/2011

Trustees (9)

9trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Sailors' Children's Society · 00159673 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 16/10/1919

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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