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sailors' children's society

The charity supports children and young people. Sailors' Children's Society is a registered charity whose purpose is general charitable purposes. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in Hessle and operates in Scotland and England And Wales.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

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 children's welfare grants, respite breaks, emotional support and links to other specialist organisations for additional help. We aim to let children be children during difficult times.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£642,044
Latest Expenditure
£895,336

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 110.8%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 79.5%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 23.3%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £448,868
Charitable Activities £152,881
Other Trading £0
Investments £40,295
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £711,692
Raising Funds £183,644
Governance £25,058
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£642,044£895,336£711,692£2,236,914£2,236,9147 / 3
2023£634,390£798,125£658,070£2,467,612£2,028,9025 / 4
2022£862,678£864,768£717,690£2,752,025£2,211,4577 / 4
2021£956,631£1,005,221£896,925£2,625,729£1,956,9837 / 5
2020£715,026£870,992£726,274£2,339,895£1,674,1186 / 11

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers