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Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 14 ?

MERCY SHIPS - U.K LTD

Mercy Ships UK is part of a global charity that uses hospital ships to deliver free healthcare to people in some of the poorest countries in the world. Our volunteers work with host nations to improve healthcare systems by training local medical staff and renovating facilities to leave a lasting legacy. Since 1978, we've visited 56 countries, providing services worth more than £1.2 billion.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£9,761£9,545£216£2,344£6,912£6,8848.74547
31/12/22£9,928£8,759£1,169£2,137£6,701£5,9618.237157
31/12/21£9,343£8,591£752£1,928£5,561£5,5547.831163
31/12/20£8,763£8,407£356£1,868£4,787£4,5636.523148
31/12/19£7,014£6,782£231£1,690£4,413£4,3937.823200
31/12/18£6,888£6,415£472£1,762£4,172£4,1077.7240
31/12/17£5,790£4,974£817£1,582£3,693£3,6238.7230
31/12/16£5,672£4,482£1,190£1,271£2,873£2,7767.4140
31/12/15£4,985£4,789£196£1,718£1,681£1,5013.8150
31/12/14£6,481£6,059£422£1,438£1,485£1,4132.8140
31/12/13£4,596£4,575£20£1,234£1,063£9982.6140
31/12/12£4,589£4,334£255£1,195£1,040£9342.6130
31/12/11£4,239£4,554£-316£1,223£783£7502160
31/12/10£4,053£4,201£-148£1,376£1,100£9842.8200
31/12/09£4,397£4,633£-236£1,304£1,247£1,0912.8170
31/12/08£4,383£4,049£334£1,171£1,482£1,3784.1150
31/12/07£4,062£3,932£130£1,099£1,151£1,0613.2150
31/12/06£4,895£5,328£-434n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£4,089£3,650£439n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£4,454£4,078£376n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 24.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 24.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 6%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 8.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 8 months
Quick Ratio: 15.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 29 years

www.mercyships.org.uk

info@mercyships.org.uk

01438727800

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International healthcare & famine relief
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, The Gambia, Togo,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Mercy Ships UK
£500,000 05/12/2019
Equipment for the Global Mercy ship

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-63
  • ADE ADEYEMI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Civil Servant
  • ANGHARAD JANE MILENKOVIC Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Deputy Director Of Development
  • DR MICHELLE CLAIRE WHITE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Nhs Consultant Anaesthetist
  • JUSTIN MATTHEW HUMPHREYS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive
  • LEO HURK-HANG CHENG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Medical Consultant
  • LOIS BOYLE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Charity Director
  • MR MEL ZUYDAM Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Cfo
  • MICHAEL SPENCE DR Appointed: 2022
  • NAIOMI ASHANTHI THALAYASINGAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Head Of Strategic Communications
  • PAUL BENJAMIN RAMSBOTTOM MA, MST Appointed: 2015
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/02/1996, number: 1053055
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/01/1996, number: 03147724
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION on 22/07/2020
  • Asset transfer in from THE WOODFORD WELLS ECUMENICAL CHURCH TRUST on 01/04/2021
  • Asset transfer in from HITCHIN CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY on 03/01/2023
  • Asset transfer in from THE SANCTUARY CHARITABLE TRUST on 16/02/2023
Main office

The Lighthouse
Unit 12
Meadway Court
Rutherford Close
Stevenage
SG1 2EF

Objectives

TO RELIEF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH OUT THE WORLD; THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD;AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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