Registered charity · London
The Marine Society and SEA Cadets
- 16 trustees
- Income £24m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Jeremy John Harley PennChair · since 2017
- Andy HelliwellTrustee · since 2025
- David DingleTrustee · since 2020
- Deana Rouse MBETrustee · since 2025
- Dr Kate Richardson OBETrustee · since 2025
- Gareth HamptonTrustee · since 2021
- Honor Wilson-Fletcher MBETrustee · since 2025
- John DenholmTrustee · since 2023
- Jonathan RobertshawTrustee · since 2020
- Kirsten HopkinsTrustee · since 2023
- Laurelle BrantTrustee · since 2021
- Leonie AustinTrustee · since 2019
- Michael SchofieldTrustee · since 2020
- Stephen Edward PeckTrustee · since 2024
- Steve Smith OBETrustee · since 2023
- Stuart Edward CurlTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Malta, Scotland, Northern Ireland and more
- Website
- www.ms-sc.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£24m£19m
- 2024£19m£19m
- 2023£17m£19m
Earlier years
- 2022£19m£16m
- 2021£14m£14m
Charitable objects
1) TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL POTENTIAL AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES USING A NAUTICAL THEME; 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF SEAFARERS IN SUCH WAYS AS THE COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE; 3) THE ADVANCE OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN MARITIME MATTERS; 4) THE PROMOTION OF SCIENTIFIC OR OTHER RESEARCH OF PARTICULAR BENEFIT TO SEAFARERS AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; 5) THE PROVISION IN THE INTERESTS OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE OF SEAFARERS OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION, BEING FACILITIES WHICH WILL IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND OF WHICH THEY HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; 6) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG SEAFARERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.
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.
16 trustees on the board
- Jeremy John Harley Penn Chair since 2017
- Andy Helliwell since 2025
- David Dingle since 2020
- Deana Rouse MBE since 2025
- Dr Kate Richardson OBE since 2025
- Gareth Hampton since 2021
- Honor Wilson-Fletcher MBE since 2025
- John Denholm since 2023
- Jonathan Robertshaw since 2020
- Kirsten Hopkins since 2023
- Laurelle Brant since 2021
- Leonie Austin since 2019
- Michael Schofield since 2020
- Stephen Edward Peck since 2024
- Steve Smith OBE since 2023
- Stuart Edward Curl since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Jeremy John Harley Penn Chair since 2017
- Leonie Austin since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Andy Helliwell since 2025
- Deana Rouse MBE since 2025
- Dr Kate Richardson OBE since 2025
- Gareth Hampton since 2021
- Honor Wilson-Fletcher MBE since 2025
- John Denholm since 2023
- Kirsten Hopkins since 2023
- Laurelle Brant since 2021
- Leonie Austin since 2019
- Michael Schofield since 2020
- Stephen Edward Peck since 2024
- Steve Smith OBE since 2023
- Stuart Edward Curl since 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Jeremy John Harley Penn Chair since 2017
- David Dingle since 2020
- Jonathan Robertshaw since 2020
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
25.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 2.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 313013
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- THE MARINE SOCIETY ACT OF 1772 AND SCHEME OF 22 NOVEMBER 2004 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS DATED 9 SEPTEMBER 2005, 10 OCTOBER 2007 AND 14 OCTOBER 2009 AND AFFECTED BY UNITING DIRECTION OF 5 MAY 2006.
- Contact on the register
- 02076547000 · info@ms-sc.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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