# SAILORS&#x27; CHILDREN&#x27;S SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 224505
- **Other names:** SAILORS&#x27; CHILDRENS&#x27; SOCIETY, THE SAILORS&#x27; CHILDREN&#x27;S SOCIETY, THE SAILORS&#x27; FAMILIES&#x27; SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00159673](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00159673)
- **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&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=224505


## Contact

- **Address:** Sailors&#x27; Children&#x27;s Society, Quarry House, Hesslewood Office Park, Ferriby Road, HESSLE
- **Postcode:** HU13 0JA
- **Phone:** 01482 342331
- **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&#x27; Children&#x27;s Society provides help to seafarers&#x27; children after a traumatic event such as bereavement/loss, diagnosis of terminal illness or breakdown of a marital relationship. Help includes clothing and children&#x27;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.




## Classification

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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

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



## Linked charities

- WILLIAM RYLAND (224505-1)
- THOMAS STRATTON (224505-2)
- EDWARD LLEWELYN ADAMS (224505-3)
- ALICE MAUD TATTERSFIELD (224505-4)
- ALFRED JOHN AND ANNIE CARTER OF LINCOLN TRUST (224505-5)



