Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 6

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

Grant maker support: +7

Overall GiG Score: 10

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 multiple 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 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

Established: 57 years
(104 years as a company)

www.sailorschildren.org.uk

info@sailorschildren.org.uk

01482342331

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

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
31/03/23		£634	£798	£-164	£123	£2,468	£2,287	34.4	5	4
31/03/22		£863	£865	£-2	£130	£2,752	£2,591	36	7	4
31/03/21		£957	£1,005	£-49	£93	£2,626	£2,448	29.2	7	5
31/03/20		£715	£871	£-156	£128	£2,340	£2,137	29.4	6	11
31/03/19		£1,186	£694	£492	£116	£2,733	£2,478	42.9	6	9
31/03/18		£656	£644	£13	£87	£2,199	£2,005	37.4	6	0
31/03/17		£651	£645	£6	£81	£2,221	£1,986	37	5	0
31/03/16		£601	£792	£-190	£71	£2,052	£1,796	27.2	10	0
31/03/15		£762	£779	£-17	£104	£2,108	£2,074	31.9	7	0
31/03/14		£676	£698	£-22	£96	£2,018	£1,955	33.6	9	0
31/03/13	*	£570	£577	£-7	£108	£1,995	£1,886	39.2	3	0
31/03/12		£505	£511	£-6	£104	£1,844	£1,703	40	3	0
31/03/11		£429	£436	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£429	£432	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£483	£650	£-167	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£424	£715	£-292	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£498	£750	£-252	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£659	£733	£-74	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£1,505	£1,665	£-160	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£1,586	£1,879	£-293	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

Show more rows -->

Show financials table -->

Download accounts

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 ?

Listed activities

General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

5 employees
4 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Seafarers UK	£425,000
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
£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 ....more 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 ....more 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.

Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 37-76

CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER CHARLES WITHERS TOWNE, Occupation: Director, Other trusteeships: HULL TRINITY HOUSE CHARITY, THE HULL TRINITY HOUSE FUND, HULL UNIT OF THE SEA CADET CORPS, WILLIAM PETTENGER CHARITY, PICKERING AND NEWINGTON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION,

CAPTAIN NICHOLAS DODD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

CATHRINE KIOKO-GILLIGAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

DAVID IAN FULLER OBE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Trustee, Other trusteeship: THE YORKSHIRE CADET TRUST,

HELEN COOPER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

JULIE ABRAHAM Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Local Councillor, Other trusteeship: NORTH FERRIBY VILLAGE HALL TRUST,

LEE EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

MARK MACINTYRE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

MARK THUNDERCLIFFE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

RHIANNON MARGARET BEESON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director

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