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Registered charity · London

The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors)

(i) the relief of seafarers, their families or dependants, who are in need, by providing support to Organisations established within the UK, the Commonwealth or elsewhere around the world;(ii) the education and training of people of any age to...

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £3.9m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 4 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Antigua And Barbuda, Australia, The Bahamas and more
Website
www.theseafarerscharity.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1969

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£3.9m£5.4m
  • 2024£1.8m£4.7m
  • 2023£2.8m£4.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£2.3m£5.1m
  • 2021£2.9m£5.4m
Charitable objects

(i) the relief of seafarers, their families or dependants, who are in need, by providing support to Organisations established within the UK, the Commonwealth or elsewhere around the world;(ii) the education and training of people of any age to prepare for work or service at sea, by providing support to Organisations established within the UK, the Commonwealth or elsewhere around the world;(iii) the promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of the maritime charitable sector within the UK, the Commonwealth or elsewhere around the world;(iv) the promotion of safety at sea by providing support to Organisations established within the UK, the Commonwealth or elsewhere around the world.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

14 trustees on the board

4.7y median 4y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

Portfolio (4)

4
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 13The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13General Charitable Purposes 12Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 1Disability 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Business services 3Arts and leisure 2Health and social care 1

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£3.9m 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.

71.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 76.7 in 2021

23 from 23 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
226446
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER 1/03/1920 AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER 16/05/1949 AS AMENDED BY ORDERS OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL DATED 19/12/1989 AND 28/10/1992 AND ORDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS 25/8/04 AS AMENDED 2/12/2004 AND AMENDED BY ORDER OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL 9/06/2010 And Royal Charter granted on 15 Oct 2025as amended by an Order in Council on 15 Oct 2025 And Royal Charter granted on 15 Oct 2025
Contact on the register
02079320000 · contact@theseafarerscharity.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
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