# SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 224505
- **Other names:** SAILORS' CHILDRENS' SOCIETY, THE SAILORS' CHILDREN'S SOCIETY, THE SAILORS' FAMILIES' SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 23, 1966
- **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=224505


## Contact

- **Address:** Sailors' Children's Society, Quarry House, Hessle
- **Postcode:** HU13 0LH
- **Phone:** 01482342331
- **Email:** info@sailorschildren.org.uk
- **Website:** www.sailorschildren.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 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.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £896337 | £1020940 | £2089819 | 9 |
| March 31, 2024 | £642044 | £895336 | £2236914 | 7 |
| March 31, 2023 | £634390 | £798125 | £2467612 | 5 |
| March 31, 2022 | £862678 | £864768 | £2752025 | 7 |
| March 31, 2021 | £956631 | £1005221 | £2625729 | 7 |



## Trustees

- **Mark Thundercliffe** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 4, 2022
- Aleksander Jan Tomczyk — appointed May 12, 2025
- Alison Lambert — appointed March 11, 2025
- CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER CHARLES WITHERS TOWNE
- Captain Nicholas Dodd — appointed Aug. 4, 2022
- Cathrine Kioko-Gilligan — appointed Dec. 6, 2023
- Joanne Keeley — appointed Nov. 27, 2025
- Philip John Cowing — appointed July 30, 2025
- Stephanie Sykes — appointed Nov. 27, 2025