Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 1

Liabilities <10%: +3
Excess reserves: -4
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs low: +3

Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

ROYAL ALFRED SEAFARERS' SOCIETY

Provision of care home facilities and housing for retired and disabled seafarers, their widows and dependants.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £15,276,497 available, equivalent to 45 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending

Established: 62 years

www.royalalfredseafarers.com

enquiries@royalalfred.org.uk

07749380338

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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	£3,044	£4,083	£-1,039	£49	£15,279	£15,276	44.9	95	25
31/12/21	£3,416	£3,872	£-456	£62	£16,920	£16,919	52.4	92	25
31/12/20	£3,763	£3,922	£-159	£77	£16,239	£16,230	49.7	99	25
31/12/19	£4,062	£4,044	£19	£31	£17,097	£17,091	50.7	101	27
31/12/18	£3,885	£3,863	£22	£37	£15,403	£15,403	47.9	82	25
31/12/17	£3,579	£3,563	£16	£53	£16,246	£16,245	54.7	100	0
31/12/16	£3,594	£3,568	£26	£42	£15,582	£15,580	52.4	113	0
31/12/15	£3,506	£3,371	£135	£57	£13,976	£13,974	49.7	87	0
31/12/14	£3,436	£3,359	£77	£62	£14,153	£13,778	49.2	87	0
31/12/13	£3,238	£3,307	£-69	£66	£13,861	£13,472	48.9	83	0
31/12/12	£3,014	£3,091	£-78	£61	£12,821	£12,417	48.2	78	0
31/12/11	£2,643	£2,791	£-148	£77	£12,287	£11,912	51.2	67	0
31/12/10	£2,635	£2,484	£150	£61	£12,784	£12,619	61	59	0
31/12/09	£2,369	£2,321	£48	£46	£11,261	£11,203	57.9	51	0
31/12/08	£2,328	£2,118	£209	£57	£9,753	£9,693	54.9	51	0
31/12/07	£2,363	£2,264	£99	£39	£11,915	£11,843	62.8	70	0
31/12/06	£3,144	£2,737	£407	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£2,630	£2,726	£-96	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£2,521	£2,677	£-156	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.1%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 9%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 44.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Surrey,

Who it helps

Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

95 employees
25 volunteers

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 Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society
£10,000	19/11/2019	Grant funding towards the core costs, and top up fees, to support the cost of providing care home accommodation for 45 Merchant Navy seafarers in Belvedere House, Surrey a 68 place nursing home with ....more Grant funding towards the core costs, and top up fees, to support the cost of providing care home accommodation for 45 Merchant Navy seafarers in Belvedere House, Surrey a 68 place nursing home with a specialist dementia care unit.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society
£10,000	19/11/2019	Grant funding towards the core costs, and top up fees, to support the cost of providing care home accommodation for 45 Merchant Navy seafarers in Belvedere House, Surrey a 68 place nursing home with ....more Grant funding towards the core costs, and top up fees, to support the cost of providing care home accommodation for 45 Merchant Navy seafarers in Belvedere House, Surrey a 68 place nursing home with a specialist dementia care unit.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society
£25,000	21/11/2017	Grant funding to top up the difference between local authority payments and the actual cost of service provision in both the care home and sheltered flats.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society
£25,000	21/11/2017	Grant funding to top up the difference between local authority payments and the actual cost of service provision in both the care home and sheltered flats.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW PARKER Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeship: THE MEOPHAM WINDMILL TRUST,

BERNARD WATSON Appointed: 2019

CAPTAIN ADRIAN MCCOURT Appointed: 2015

COMMANDER SUSAN E LOCHNER JP DL Appointed: 2017

CAPTAIN STEPHEN CLINCH Appointed: 2019

CEDRIC PHILIP WAKE OBE FNI (Chair) Appointed: 2013, Other trusteeship: CHICHESTER CHAMBER CONCERTS,

DOCTOR RICHARD REUBIN

DOROTHY ROSS-TOMLIN

MRS ANN GIBB BEM

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 209776

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Weston Acres
Woodmansterne Lane
Banstead
SM7 3HA

Objectives

(A)PROVIDE, CARRY ON AND MAINTAIN HOMES OR HOUSING FOR THE CARE OF AGED, INFIRM, DISABLED OR DISADVANTAGED SEAFARERS WHO CAN PROVE SERVICE IN BRITISH OR COMMONWEALTH VESSELS SATISFACTORY TO THE SOCIETY, AND TO THEIR WIDOWS AND DEPENDENTS AND ANY OTHER PREMISES AND ESTABLISHMENTS WHICH MAY BE CONNECTED THEREWITH;(B)PROVIDE OTHER RELIEF INCLUDING MEDICAL CARE TO SEAFARERS OF ALL AGES AND TO THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO MAY BE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE;(C)ACT AS TRUSTEE OR ALMONER FOR GRANTING RELIEF TO SEAFARERS OF ALL AGES AND IN NEED, AND TO THE WIDOWS AND DEPENDENTS OF ANY SUCH SEAFARERS OUT OF THE FUNDS OF THE SOCIETY, AND TO ANY OTHER RELEVANT BODY CORPORATE,UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION OR INDIVIDUALS; AND(D)PROMOTE AND CONCERN ITSELF WITH CHARITABLE WORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF SEAFARERS AND THEIR WIDOWS AND DEPENDENTS.WHERE ‘SEAFARER’ SHALL BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE ALSO EMPLOYEES OF SHIPPINGCOMPANIES, SHIP REPAIRERS, DOCK AREAS AND PORT AUTHORITIES, WORKERS IN CONNECTION WITH OFFSHORE PLATFORMS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, AND SUCH OTHER PERSONS WHO, IN THE OPINION OF THE SOCIETY, HAVE HAD CONNECTION WITH THE SEA OR THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY DURING THEIR WORKING LIVES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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