SAILORS' SOCIETY — The Accounts

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-08 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-07-25

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£246K

-35.6% vs 2023

Net assets

£4M

+0.1% vs 2023

Employees

-41.9% vs 2023

Profit before tax

—

Period ending 2024-12-31

Net assets

2-year trend · vs Health Care median

SAILORS' SOCIETY·Health Care median · n=826

Accounts

2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£2,253,000	£1,557,000
Operating profit	£191,000	-£141,000
Profit before tax	—	—
Net profit	£297,000	-£186,000
Cash	£382,000	£246,000
Total assets less current liabilities	£4,143,000	£4,121,000
Net assets	£3,703,000	£3,708,000
Equity	£3,703,000	£3,708,000
Average employees	31	18
Wages	£999,000	£621,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	8.5%	-9.1%
Net margin	13.2%	-11.9%
Return on capital employed	4.6%	-3.4%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	14.7%	14.0%
Current ratio	4.53x	4.82x
Interest cover	10.05x	-7.83x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: Azets Audit Services
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate”

Group structure

SAILORS' SOCIETY · parent
1. Sailors' Beneficial Enterprises Ltd 100% · England and Wales · arranges corporate sponsorship on behalf of the Sailors' Society and organises selected overseas fundraising events It also handles any commercial trading activity
2. Sir Gabriel Wood's Mariners' Home and Court · Scotland · operated a residential care home and independent living facility... The charity is currently dormant, awaiting a formal winding up process
3. Sailors' Society Scotland · Scotland · carries out some of the fundraising and charitable activity
4. Sailors' Society Philippines Incorporated · Philippines · carries out welfare work and educational assistance with seafarers and their families
5. Sailors' Society USA · Texas, USA · formed to carry out fundraising activities in the USA but has been dormant since formation

Significant events

“The Red Sea crisis dominated much of 2024, with Houthi attacks causing fear and disruption across one of the world's busiest shipping lanes”
“a significant proportion of this support related to the Red Sea crisis, where crews were caught in a conflict zone facing disruption to their voyages and increased anxiety”
“In March 2025, we were deeply saddened by the sudden death of our pastoral chaplain and Crisis Response Network Coordinator, Boet Van Schalkwyk, following a car accident”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 51 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
PITCHER, Andrew James	Secretary	2017-04-14	—	—
BASSETT, Nigel Peter, Captain	Director	2024-09-23	Oct 1958	British
HOLLOWAY, Jonathan	Director	2023-05-15	May 1972	British
HUTCHINSON, Joshua Paul	Director	2020-01-03	Jan 1988	British
MORTON, Catharine Margaret	Director	2018-12-10	Jul 1955	British
SWIFT, Peter Michael, Dr	Director	2012-06-07	Dec 1944	British
WHITE, Michele Rinette	Director	2022-06-01	Apr 1966	British

Show 51 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
ADAMS, Robert Nigel	Secretary	2006-11-14	2013-09-30
CHAMBERS, Graham Arthur	Secretary	—	2000-10-02
RIVERS, Stuart Ross	Secretary	2013-10-01	2017-04-14
RIVERS, Stuart Ross	Secretary	2013-04-01	2013-04-01
SMITH, Alan Ben	Secretary	2000-10-02	2006-11-14
BURRIDGE, Michael Joseph	Director	2006-03-20	2015-12-03
CAWS, Richard Byron	Director	—	1997-05-13
CLAY, Roger Eric Kirby	Director	2001-09-01	2005-06-20
CROSS, John Henry Laidlaw, The Revn	Director	—	1995-06-13
DRAYTON, Michael Kenneth	Director	2012-06-07	2020-04-18
FISCHBACHER, Alastair	Director	2012-09-25	2019-11-24
FISHER, Mark Jeremy, Reverend	Director	2010-06-08	2012-06-07
GILBERT, Charles Robert Wolsey, Revd	Director	—	2002-06-11
GOLDBERG, Peter Henry	Director	2004-06-07	2024-12-31
GORDON, Robert Michael	Director	1992-11-10	1997-05-01
HAIG, Andrew Livingstone, Revd	Director	—	1994-06-14
HOBLYN, Peter Charles Walker	Director	—	2003-06-10
HOLLIDAY, Ray	Director	2002-06-11	2004-09-28
HOLLOWAY, Jonathan	Director	2014-06-19	2019-06-11
HYATT, Elsie Mary Lesley	Director	—	2004-03-09
JACOBS, Flemming Robert	Director	2006-12-11	2012-06-07
JENKINS, Rodney Frederick	Director	2002-10-08	2012-06-07
JONES, John Anthony, Captain	Director	2023-12-11	2026-04-20
JONES, Norman, Captain	Director	2009-03-24	2013-09-25
KELSO, Charles Reginald, Captain	Director	1997-09-09	2012-06-07
KELSO, Thomas Eion, Capt	Director	—	2009-06-08
KRUG, Bernard Karl, Revd	Director	—	1999-06-15
KYNASTON REEVES, Thomas Philip, Professor	Director	2004-09-28	2012-09-25
MCGINNITY, Anthony Michael Christopher	Director	1998-06-09	2008-06-10
MCLUSKEY, James Fraser, The Very Revd Dr	Director	—	1994-06-14
MCMURRAY, Colin Andrew	Director	2013-10-21	2019-02-08
MOFFAT, John Crawford, Capt	Director	—	2004-03-09
MORRIS, David John	Director	1997-09-09	2012-06-07
NELSON, Peter John Horatio, The Earl	Director	—	2003-02-25
PEKCAN, Claire Helen, Dr	Director	2021-09-09	2022-04-29
PENNEY, Yvonne Kay	Director	2018-12-10	2025-12-31
ROPER, Geoffrey Edward Hodgess, Reverend	Director	1998-11-09	2006-06-13
ROY, Prasanta	Director	2018-12-10	2019-05-30
RUSSELL, Arthur Gordon, Captain	Director	—	2003-02-12
SHARMA, Shyam Kumar	Director	2007-09-25	2018-12-10
SHAW, Natalie Charlotte	Director	2007-09-25	2016-01-06
SINCLAIR, Gilbert Menzies Ross Greenwood	Director	—	2014-06-19
STONELEY, Jonathan Robert	Director	2006-09-25	2019-05-30
TILLER, Emma, Captain	Director	2006-03-20	2009-06-08
TYRRELL, Andrew James Reginald, Captain	Director	—	2002-12-09
WALKER, Nigel Gordon	Director	1993-03-09	2002-06-11
WARD, William Ian Roy	Director	1992-09-08	2017-06-22
WATSON, John Keith, Revd	Director	1998-06-09	2014-12-11
WEATHERLEY, Michael John, Dr	Director	2002-06-11	2008-06-10
WILKINSON, Timothy Lindow, Revd	Director	2014-12-11	2017-09-21
ZALAPA, Jacqueline Lee	Director	2019-05-30	2021-07-30

Ownership

Persons with significant control

No persons with significant control on record.

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 250 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-20	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2026-03-24	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-01-09	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-10-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-08-04	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-05-20	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-04-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-01-03	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2024-09-24	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2024-08-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-08-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-08-08	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-08-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-08-07	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2024-08-07	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2023-12-14	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2023-08-25	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2023-07-25	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-06-06	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2022-12-06	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 2

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

-30.9%

£2,253,000 £1,557,000
Cash

-35.6%

£382,000 £246,000
Net assets

+0.1%

£3,703,000 £3,708,000
Employees

-41.9%

31 18
Operating profit

-173.8%

£191,000 -£141,000
Wages

-37.8%

£999,000 £621,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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