# MERCY SHIPS - U.K LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1053055
- **Other names:** MERCY SHIPS, MERCY SHIPS UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03147724](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03147724)
- **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&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_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:** 01438 727800
- **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&#x27;ve visited 56 countries, providing services worth more than £1.2 billion.




## 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



## Geography

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





## Trustees

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




