Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Good Reserves: +1Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +7
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

Sailors' Children's Society provides help to seafarers' children after a traumatic event such as bereavement/loss, diagnosis of terminal illness or breakdown of a marital relationship. Help includes clothing and childrens welfare grants, caravan holidays, emotional support and links to other specialist organisations for additional help. We aim to let children be children during difficult times.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end but unrestricted reserves are available
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
  • 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
31/03/23£634£798£-164£123£2,468£2,28734.454
31/03/22£863£865£-2£130£2,752£2,5913674
31/03/21£957£1,005£-49£93£2,626£2,44829.275
31/03/20£715£871£-156£128£2,340£2,13729.4611
31/03/19£1,186£694£492£116£2,733£2,47842.969
31/03/18£656£644£13£87£2,199£2,00537.460
31/03/17£651£645£6£81£2,221£1,9863750
31/03/16£601£792£-190£71£2,052£1,79627.2100
31/03/15£762£779£-17£104£2,108£2,07431.970
31/03/14£676£698£-22£96£2,018£1,95533.690
31/03/13*£570£577£-7£108£1,995£1,88639.230
31/03/12£505£511£-6£104£1,844£1,7034030
31/03/11£429£436£-7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£429£432£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£483£650£-167n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£424£715£-292n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£498£750£-252n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06*£659£733£-74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£1,505£1,665£-160n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£1,586£1,879£-293n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 23.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 17.5%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 7%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 93%
Reserves/Spending: 34.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.2
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 58 years
(105 years as a company)

www.sailorschildren.org.uk

info@sailorschildren.org.uk

01482342331

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Hospice & bereavement services
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Seafarers UK£364,716
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust£55,000
Ministry of Defence£55,000
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£69,716 10/11/2023
Request to support strategies to increase financial sustainability through strengthening the Sailors’ Children’s Society capacity to raise more funds from a wider range of income streams.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£70,000 12/10/2022
Grant funding to support children from Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet families in need.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£70,000 27/09/2021
Grant funding towards grants, respite breaks and support to disadvantaged children of Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet families throughout the United Kingdom.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£2,000 09/09/2021
The core costs of the organisation's work in North East England (but not for onward distribution in grants to families)
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£75,000 09/02/2021
Grant funding contribution towards supporting children and young people from Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet families on low incomes.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£20,000 22/10/2020
Grant funding to continue the provision of individual hardship grants for children of merchant navy and fishing fleet seafarers to cover the additional costs of food and heating during the Covid-19 crisis for a further six months.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£20,000 22/10/2020
Grant funding to continue the provision of individual hardship grants for children of merchant navy and fishing fleet seafarers to cover the additional costs of food and heating during the Covid-19 crisis for a further six months.
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£55,000 25/06/2020
Funding allowed the group to continue to support their beneficiaries in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£55,000 15/06/2020
To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£20,000 23/04/2020
Grant funding to provide individual hardship grants for children of Merchant Navy seafarers to cover the additional costs of food and heating for a 6 week period during the Covid-19 crisis.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£20,000 23/04/2020
Grant funding for individual hardship grants for children of Merchant Navy seafarers to cover the additional costs of food and heating for a 6 week period during the Covid-19 crisis.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£65,000 19/11/2019
Annual grant funding towards supporting children and young people on low incomes from Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet families with essentials such as school uniforms.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£65,000 19/11/2019
Annual grant funding towards supporting children and young people on low incomes from Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet families with essentials such as school uniforms.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£70,000 13/11/2018
Grant funding to provide regular financial grants, caravan holidays, clothing grants and emotional support to children of fishing fleet and Merchant Navy families.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£70,000 13/11/2018
Grant funding to provide regular financial grants, caravan holidays, clothing grants and emotional support to children of fishing fleet and Merchant Navy families.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£5,000 01/10/2018
Grant funding to provide a home computer package for educational purposes to disadvantaged families.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors' Children's Society
£5,000 01/10/2018
Grant funding to provide a home computer package for educational purposes to disadvantaged families.
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£50,000 01/04/2018
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors Children's Society
£50,000 04/07/2017
Grant funding to support fishing fleet as well as Merchant Navy children via regular financial grants, clothing grants, caravan holidays and emotional support.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors Children's Society
£50,000 04/07/2017
Grant funding to support fishing fleet as well as Merchant Navy children via regular financial grants, clothing grants, caravan holidays and emotional support.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors Children's Society
£5,000 16/05/2017
The grant will be used to provide a home computer package to 20 disadvantaged families supported by the Society.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Sailors Children's Society
£5,000 16/05/2017
The grant will be used to provide a home computer package to 20 disadvantaged families supported by the Society.
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£30,000 01/04/2017
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-75
  • AMELIA CHARLOTTE SARAH STEELE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
  • CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER CHARLES WITHERS TOWNE, Occupation: Director
  • CAPTAIN NICHOLAS DODD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee
  • CATHRINE KIOKO-GILLIGAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • DAVID IAN FULLER OBE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee
  • HELEN COOPER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • JANICE LONG Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Accountant
  • LEE EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee
  • MARK THUNDERCLIFFE (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee
  • NUKHET DAG Appointed: 2024
  • RHIANNON MARGARET BEESON Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/12/1966, number: 224505
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/10/1919, number: 00159673
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR13: 0 days late, AR06: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE PLYMOUTH MERCHANT NAVY MONUMENT on 16/10/2020
Main office

SAILORS CHILDRENS SOCIETY
FRANCIS RECKITT HOUSE
COTTINGHAM ROAD
HULL
HU6 7RJ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE FOR THE MAINTENANCE EDUCATION HEALTH AND PHYSICAL SPIRITUAL AND MORAL WELFARE OF ALL PERSONS IN NEED WHETHER THEY ARE YOUNG OR OLD INCLUDING THOSE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY WITH PREFERENCE TO THOSE WITH A SEAFARING CONNECTION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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