The Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution
Registered charity 526379 Registered since 1964
Operates: Liverpool City
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- IAN Clinton Higby Chair
- David Stewart Barbour since 2011
- John Reginald Hulmes
- Lynn Patricia Cook
- Rev Philip Gregory Anderson since 2026
- Sharon Coveney since 2023
6y median 3y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- David Stewart Barbour since 2011
11.6y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- David Stewart Barbour since 2011
- John Reginald Hulmes
Portfolio (4)
- IAN Clinton Higby Chair
- Lynn Patricia Cook
- Rev Philip Gregory Anderson since 2026
- Sharon Coveney since 2023
3
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 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 2General Charitable Purposes 1Religious Activities 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.
Education 2Business services 1Hospitality 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.
incomespending£161k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Mission in the Economy 1 shared trustee
- The Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team CIO 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of OUR Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool 1 shared trustee
- Merchant Navy Association 1 shared trustee
- World Friendship 1 shared trustee
- Maritime + Engineering College North West 1 shared trustee
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.rlsoi-uk.org |
| enquiries@rlsoi-uk.org | |
| Phone | 01512273417 |
| Address | C/O MR MICHAEL FINN, SUITE 315, THE COTTON EXCHANGE, OLD HALL STREET, LIVERPOOL, L3 9LQ |
Finances
£160,734 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £210,139 | £257,783 |
| 2021 | £237,301 | £244,858 |
| 2022 | £224,225 | £262,156 |
| 2023 | £149,606 | £262,953 |
| 2024 | £160,734 | £201,941 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
Children/young PeopleHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsCharitable objects
TO FEED, CLOTHE AND EDUCATE THE DESTITUTE OR NECESSITOUS SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DECEASED SEAFARERS.
Governing document: SCHEME OF 19 FEBRUARY 1878 AS VARIED BY SCHEME OF 8 MARCH 1901,ROYAL CHARTER DATED 13 DECEMBER 1921 AND SCHEME OF 24 SEPTEMBER 1990 & 16 MARCH 2007 AS CONFIRMED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 21 MARCH 2007
Trustees (6)
6trustees
57median age
1aged 70+
- IAN Clinton Higbyage band 70-74 Chair
- David Stewart Barbour since 2011
- John Reginald Hulmes
- Lynn Patricia Cook
- Rev Philip Gregory Andersonage band 45-49 since 2026
- Sharon Coveneyage band 55-59 since 2023
Connected charities (7)
- The Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team CIO 1 shared trustee
- Maritime + Engineering College North West 1 shared trustee
- Mission in the Economy 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of OUR Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool 1 shared trustee
- The Bispham Charities 1 shared trustee
- World Friendship 1 shared trustee
- Merchant Navy Association 1 shared trustee
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