# MERCY SHIPS - U.K LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1053055
- **Other names:** MERCY SHIPS, MERCY SHIPS UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 21, 1996
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1053055


## Contact

- **Address:** The Lighthouse, Unit 12, Meadway Court, Rutherford Close, Stevenage
- **Postcode:** SG1 2EF
- **Phone:** 01438727800
- **Email:** info@mercyships.org.uk
- **Website:** www.mercyships.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD; THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH OUT THE WORLD; THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD;AND SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE.

**Activities:** Mercy Ships UK is part of a global charity that uses hospital ships to deliver free healthcare to people in some of the poorest countries in the world. Our volunteers work with host nations to improve healthcare systems by training local medical staff and renovating facilities to leave a lasting legacy. Since 1978, we've visited 56 countries, providing services worth more than £1.2 billion.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Benin
- Cameroon
- Congo
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Madagascar
- Mozambique
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- The Gambia
- Togo



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £9942863 | £10985165 | £5863082 | 45 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £9761220 | £9544911 | £6912260 | 45 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £9928078 | £8759044 | £6701197 | 37 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £9343363 | £8591076 | £5560791 | 31 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £8762860 | £8407081 | £4786727 | 23 |



## Trustees

- Ade Adeyemi — appointed Jan. 4, 2022
- Alisdair Fraser — appointed July 1, 2025
- Angharad Jane Milenkovic — appointed March 14, 2018
- Bernard Hickman — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Dr Michelle Claire White — appointed Dec. 1, 2021
- Leo Hurk-Hang Cheng — appointed Sept. 16, 2020
- Lois Boyle — appointed July 4, 2018
- Michael Spence Dr — appointed March 25, 2022
- Naiomi Ashanthi Thalayasingam — appointed March 16, 2020
- Paul Benjamin Ramsbottom — appointed June 12, 2015