Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 3
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

AGED MERCHANT SEAMEN'S HOMES 

1) REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR DESERVING POOR PERSONS WHO ARE RETIRED SEAMEN, WIDOWS OR DAUGHTERS BEING NOT LESS THAN FIFTY YEARS OF AGE.2) BENEFIT OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SAID ALMSHOUSES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received Government grants

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

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£133£184£-51n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/21£127£165£-39n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£119£171£-52n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/19£243£156£87n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/18£151£180£-29£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/17£256£194£62£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£157£89£68£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£116£122£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£109£87£21£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£101£140£-39£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12*£92£114£-22£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£90£94£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£86£103£-17£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£79£92£-13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£82£57£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£78£52£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£69£68£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£69£81£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£47£56£-10£0£0£0n/a00

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

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0191 514 7844

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Where it operates
  • Sunderland,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/10/1963, number: 230292
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Homes England
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR12: 40 days late, AR11: 0 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from SUNDERLAND DISTRESSED MARINER'S FUND on 05/09/2019
Main office

27 Trafalgar Square
SUNDERLAND
SR1 2BW

Objectives

1) REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF ALMSHOUSES FOR DESERVING POOR PERSONS WHO ARE RETIRED SEAMEN, WIDOWS OR DAUGHTERS BEING NOT LESS THAN FIFTY YEARS OF AGE. 2) BENEFIT OF THE OCCUPANTS OF THE SAID ALMSHOUSES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

COUNTY BOROUGH OF SUNDERLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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