Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

WILSON'S MARINERS' HOMES 

To provide housing to persons of limited means, principally retired seafarers and their dependents.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£109£112£-3n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£104£81£23n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£110£57£54n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/19£107£63£43n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£104£60£44£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£98£85£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£88£79£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£94£96£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£87£46£41£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£81£115£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£82£64£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£78£63£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£75£76£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£66£62£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£57£88£-31£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£59£38£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£53£44£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£49£34£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£46£27£19£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 61 years

01723379910

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • North Yorkshire,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Seafarers UK - Grant to Wilson's Mariners' Homes
£30,955 06/07/2023
Grant funding to provide energy efficient glazing to windows of seafarers' almshouse dwellings to improve the quality of life for their resident seafarers, wives, widows and dependants.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/07/1963, number: 221375
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR05: 114 days late,
Main office

43 Newlands Park Grove
Scarborough
YO12 6PT

Objectives

THE UPKEEP AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR THE FOLLOWING POOR AND AGED PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER, THAT IS TO SAY SHIPOWNERS (HAVING BEEN NAUTICAL MEN), SHIP MASTERS, MATES, SEA GOING CARPENTERS OR MARINERS AND THE WIVES OR WIDOWS OR UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS BEING NOT LESS THAN FIFTY YEARS OF AGE, SUCH PERSONS' WIVES, WIDOWS OR DAUGHTERS (EXCEPT IN SPECIAL CASES APPROVED BY COMMISSIONERS) HAVING RESIDED IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT FOR NOT LESS THAN TEN YEARS NEXT PRECEEDING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT. PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO MARRIED COUPLES SUBJECT TO APPLICANTS OF THE RESPECTIVE CLASSES AND IN THE ORDER OF PRIORITY HEREIN BEFORE MENTIONED

Defined Area of Benefit:

SCARBOROUGH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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