Registered charity · Liverpool
The Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution
The Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution is a registered charity (number 526379) based in Liverpool, governed by 6 trustees and chaired by IAN Clinton Higby. Latest income £504k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Rlsoi (Charity Commission)
- 6 trustees
- Income £504k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Liverpool City
- Website
- www.rlsoi-uk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£504k£224k
- 2024£161k£202k
- 2023£150k£263k
Earlier years
- 2022£224k£262k
- 2021£237k£245k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO FEED, CLOTHE AND EDUCATE THE DESTITUTE OR NECESSITOUS SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DECEASED SEAFARERS.
Grants received
6 grants · £403,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Seafarers' Charity · £343,000 (5 grants)
- The Seafarers' Charity · £60,000
Most recent
Board analysis
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.
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
Trustees past 6 years
- David Stewart Barbour since 2011
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
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 526379
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Contact on the register
- 01512273417 · enquiries@rlsoi-uk.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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