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Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess reserves: -3
  • Positive trading contribution: +2;Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs high: -5
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

QVSR

QVSR, or the 'Queen Vic', as it is more familiarly known, has been the Seamen's Mission of the Methodist Church since 1843, and is now the last remaining maritime charity providing accommodation and support for seafarers in the East End of London. It is also the largest seafaring hostel of its kind in the UK with accommodation for over 170 men.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • More than half of total income was derived from trading and fees in the latest year
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls 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:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £13,235,204 available, equivalent to 41 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Fundraising costs are extremely 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£4,432£3,912£520£3,648£14,134£13,23540.6665
31/12/22£4,278£3,453£826£3,253£13,532£12,91744.95815
31/12/21£2,908£2,508£399£2,339£12,718£12,55060386
31/12/20£3,226£2,610£616£2,460£12,280£12,11255.7386
31/12/19*£2,838£2,551£287£2,400£11,651£11,482543812
31/12/18*£3,008£2,305£702£2,186£11,364£11,17658.2400
31/12/17£2,531£1,991£540£1,884£10,662£10,51563.4420
31/12/16£2,382£1,821£561£1,691£10,122£9,97565.7410
31/12/15£2,480£1,784£696£1,662£9,561£9,41463.3400
31/12/14£2,043£1,700£343£1,588£4,098£3,95127.9390
31/12/13£2,062£1,755£306£1,660£3,755£3,60824.7400
31/12/12£1,979£1,597£381£1,506£3,448£3,30224.8380
31/12/11£2,225£1,461£764£1,379£3,067£2,92024360
31/12/10£1,581£1,597£-16£1,510£2,303£2,15616.2400
31/12/09£1,791£1,668£123£1,590£2,319£2,17215.6400
31/12/08£1,837£1,834£3£1,657£2,161£2,01513.2460
31/12/07£1,906£1,701£205£1,601£2,257£2,11014.9420
31/12/06£1,810£1,729£81n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£1,720£1,495£225n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 387.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 93.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 13%
Highest pay band: £130,000-£140,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 23%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 40.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 2.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

www.qvsr.org.uk

alexcampbell@qvsr.org.uk

02079875466

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other facilities management and maintenance
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City, Lincolnshire, Suffolk, Throughout London, Thurrock,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Seafarers UK£449,000
National Lottery Community Fund£181,647
The Clothworkers Foundation£60,000
Garfield Weston Foundation£50,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest (QVSR)
£40,000 10/11/2023
Funding to supplement the provision of QVSR's accommodation and welfare support for active and retired seafarers and their dependants at the hostel in East India Dock Road.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£45,000 12/10/2022
Grant funding for core costs of providing accommodation and welfare support for active and retired seafarers and their dependents at the hostel in London's former docklands.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to QVSR
£5,051 07/04/2022
to help with external and internal improvements at a well-used support centre at the Port of Tilbury, available to visiting seafarers
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£40,000 06/12/2021
Grant funding to support the provision of accommodation and welfare services for active and retired seafarers and their dependents at the hostel in London's former docklands.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£35,000 06/12/2021
Grant funding to support the operation of services to seafarers at the Port of Tilbury, the London Cruise Terminal and DP World London Gateway.
National Lottery Community Fund - QVSR Aftercare Project
£181,647 15/12/2020
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The organisation is using funding over three years to expand their Welfare and Housing Team and develop and pilot a follow-on service for their clients who have transitioned from their shelter into more permanent accommodation. This support will ....more
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£35,000 24/09/2020
Grant for revenue funding to support the operation of services to seafarers at the Port of Tilbury, the London Cruise Terminal and DP World London Gateway.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£40,000 24/09/2020
Grant for revenue funding to support the provision of accommodation and welfare services - these services are prioritised for active and retired seafarers and their dependents at East India Dock Road.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£35,000 24/09/2020
Grant for revenue funding to support the operation of services to seafarers at the Port of Tilbury, the London Cruise Terminal and DP World London Gateway.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£40,000 24/09/2020
Grant for revenue funding to support the provision of accommodation and welfare services - these services are prioritised for active and retired seafarers and their dependents at East India Dock Road.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£9,500 17/07/2020
Grant funding for emergency core funding to support QVSR's Tilbury seafarers' centre to support 1,600 seafarers stranded on impounded cruise ships
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£9,500 17/07/2020
Grant funding for emergency core funding to support QVSR's Tilbury seafarers' centre to support 1,600 seafarers stranded on impounded cruise ships
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£10,000 23/04/2020
Emergency core funding to support QVSR's Tilbury seafarers' centre inlcuding providing essential supplies, free prepaid top up phone SIMS to seafarers so that they can contact their families.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£40,000 23/04/2020
Grant funding to support front line services at QVSR's accommodation supporting around 150 seafarers, including 30 retired seafarers during the Covid-19 crisis.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£20,000 23/04/2020
Grant funding for emergency core funding to support QVSR's Tilbury seafarers' centre - providing essential supplies, including free prepaid top up phone SIMS so that seafarers can contact their families.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£40,000 23/04/2020
Grant funding for QVSR's front line service accommodation for 150+ seafarers, many of them elderly.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£5,000 02/04/2020
Grant funding for an external review into the organisational governance of QVSR with the aim of strengthening the organisation.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£5,000 02/04/2020
Grant funding towards an external review into the organisational governance of QVSR; the aim is to strengthen the organisation.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£50,000 06/03/2020
Creating 16 new, modern bedrooms with private bathrooms in QVSR's shelter for homeless men
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£60,000 03/12/2019
renovation of a shelter for a charity which works with homeless people in East London
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£30,000 19/11/2019
Grant funding revenue to support the provision of accommodation and welfare services - these services are prioritised for active and retired seafarers and their dependents at East India Dock Road, in London's former docklands.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£25,000 19/11/2019
Grant funding to support the operation of services to seafarers at the Port of Tilbury, the London Cruise Terminal and DP World London Gateway.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£30,000 19/11/2019
Grant funding revenue to support the provision of accommodation and welfare services - these services are prioritised for active and retired seafarers and their dependents at East India Dock Road, in London's former docklands.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£25,000 19/11/2019
Grant funding to support the operation of services to seafarers at the Port of Tilbury, the London Cruise Terminal and DP World London Gateway.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£20,000 13/11/2018
Grant funding towards the cost of operating services at the Port of Tilbury.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£30,000 13/11/2018
Grant funding towards accommodation and welfare support for active and retired seafarers and their dependents.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£20,000 13/11/2018
Grant funding towards the cost of operating services at the Port of Tilbury.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£30,000 13/11/2018
Grant funding towards accommodation and welfare support for active and retired seafarers and their dependents.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£4,000 01/10/2018
Grant funding towards the cost of a new sports area at Tilbury Seafarers Centre.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£4,000 01/10/2018
Grant funding towards the cost of a new sports area at Tilbury Seafarers Centre.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£15,000 21/11/2017
Grant funding for the operation of the London Tilbury Seafarers' Centre.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£30,000 21/11/2017
Grant covering core costs for the provision of accommodation and welfare support for active and retired seafarers and their dependants.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£30,000 21/11/2017
Grant covering core costs for the provision of accommodation and welfare support for active and retired seafarers and their dependants.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Queen Victoria Seamen's Rest
£15,000 21/11/2017
Grant funding for the operation of the London Tilbury Seafarers' Centre.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 9/10 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 35-85
  • ANJOLAOLUWA ADEBOWALE ENABOR Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • GERALDINE ENID PEARCE Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Charity Manager
  • IAN PATTISON Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • JEAN THOMAS Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Retired
  • MICHAEL JOSEPH LEDDEN Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Engineering Director
  • PHILIP SHEPPARD Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Textiles Manager
  • PETER MALCOLM MORIARTY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Head Of Marketing
  • REV JENNIFER IMPEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Minister
  • SIR ALASTAIR NORRIS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired
  • TERENCE JOHN SIMCO MBE (Chair), Occupation: Retired General Secretary
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2004, number: 1106126
  • Registered at Companies House on 31/08/2004, number: 05218014
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR19: 9 days late, AR18: 4 days late,
Main office

121-131 EAST INDIA DOCK ROAD
POPLAR
LONDON
E14 6DF

Objectives

(I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH PARTICULARLY IN THE PORT OF LONDON AND AMONGST SEAMEN OF ALL NATIONS;(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY PARTICULARLY IN THE PORT OF LONDON AND AMONGST MERCHANT SEAMEN OF ALL NATIONS:(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SEAMANSHIP AND OTHER MARITIME SUBJECTS OF KNOWLEDGE:(IV) THE PROVISION (PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF RESIDENTIAL HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION IN THE PORT OF LONDON) OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SEAMEN, BUT PRIMARILY MERCHANT SEAMEN OF ALL NATIONS, ASHORE (IN PARTICULAR ASHORE IN THE PORT OF LONDON) AND HAVING THE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY MEANS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL ANDECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; AND(V) IN SO FAR AS THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY CANNOT BE USED OR APPLIED IN FURTHERANCE OF THE FOREGOING OBJECTS THE SAME MAY BE USED TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY PERSON HAVING NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN THE PORT OF LONDON AND AMONGST SEAMEN OF ALL NATIONS;

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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