# SEAFARERS UK (KING GEORGE&#x27;S FUND FOR SAILORS)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 226446
- **Other names:** KING GEORGE&#x27;S FUND FOR SAILORS, SEAFARERS UK, THE SEAFARERS&#x27; CHARITY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 28, 1969
- **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=226446


## Contact

- **Address:** The Seafarers&#x27; Charity, 7-8 Hatherley Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1P 2QT
- **Phone:** 020 7932 0000
- **Email:** contact@theseafarerscharity.org
- **Website:** www.theseafarerscharity.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (i) the relief of seafarers, their families or dependants, who are in need, by providing support to Organisations established within the UK, the Commonwealth or elsewhere around the world;(ii) the education and training of people of any age to prepare for work or service at sea, by providing support to Organisations established within the UK, the Commonwealth or elsewhere around the world;(iii) the promotion of the efficiency and effectiveness of the maritime charitable sector within the UK, the Commonwealth or elsewhere around the world;(iv) the promotion of safety at sea by providing support to Organisations established within the UK, the Commonwealth or elsewhere around the world.

**Activities:** Seafarers UK is a charity that helps people in the maritime community, by providing vital funding to support seafarers in need and their families and to those in education or training who are preparing to work or serve at Sea. We do this by giving money to organisations and projects that make a real difference to people&#x27;s lives.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Amateur Sport, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND COMMONWEALTH
- Anguilla
- Antigua And Barbuda
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- British Virgin Islands
- Brunei
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Eswatini
- Falkland Islands
- Fiji
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Grenada
- Guernsey
- Guyana
- India
- Isle Of Man
- Jamaica
- Jersey
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Montserrat
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie And Oeno Islands
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena
- Saint Vincent
- Samoa
- Scotland
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Georgia And South Sandwich Islands
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts And Nevis
- St Lucia
- Tanzania
- The Bahamas
- The Gambia
- Tonga
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Turks And Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Paul Gerard Butterworth** | Chair | July 9, 2020 |
| Captain Lee Clarke |  | June 14, 2022 |
| Deborah Cavaldoro |  | June 14, 2022 |
| Fleur Bassett |  | June 14, 2022 |
| GERALD EDWARD KIDD |  | April 27, 2017 |
| Guy Platten |  | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| Julie Tankard |  | Jan. 23, 2025 |
| Martyn Gray |  | June 14, 2022 |
| Monica Kohli |  | June 28, 2023 |
| NATALIE SHAW |  | April 28, 2016 |
| Nigel Blazeby |  | June 14, 2022 |
| Peter French |  | May 22, 2018 |
| Petra Wilkinson CBE |  | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| Robert John Greenwood |  | April 27, 2017 |
| Simon Gillespie OBE |  | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| William Andrew REID |  | May 22, 2018 |



## Linked charities

- SUNDRY FUNDS (226446-1)
- STANLEY GROOM FUND (226446-10)
- H M S KING ALFRED MEMORIAL FUND (226446-11)
- H M S PRINCE OF WALES AND H M S REPULSE MEMORIAL FUND (226446-12)
- MISS B LOANE BEQUEST (226446-13)
- A T JEFFRESS FUND (226446-14)
- ADMIRAL LORD CLARENCE PAGET FUND (226446-15)
- ROYAL INDIAN NAVY BENEVOLENT FUND (226446-16)
- NORMAN SALVESEN BEQUEST FUND (226446-17)
- SARENA FUND (226446-18)
- HENRY HERBERT WILLS FUND (226446-19)
- BANKRUPT SEAFARERS&#x27; TRUST (226446-2)
- PROVINCE OF NATAL GIFT FUND (226446-20)
- JULIA ELIZA STAUNTON-MASSY (226446-21)
- MERCHANT NAVY FUND, SOUTH AFRICA (SCHOLARSHIP FUND) (226446-22)
- RENNY FUND (226446-23)
- DAVID RICHARDS TRUST (226446-24)
- ROYAL NAVAL OFFICERS&#x27; FUND (226446-25)
- ROYAL NAVAL WAR LIBRARIES ENDOWMENT FUND (226446-26)
- SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN&#x27;S AUXILIARY SERVICES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (1939/45) (226446-27)
- AULAY WATSON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND (226446-28)
- WESTMINSTER STORES SCHOLARSHIP (226446-29)
- W S DAVIDSON TRUST (226446-3)
- JAMES HENRY STEPHENS BEQUEST (226446-30)
- SIR HARRY TWYFORD MEMORIAL TRUST (226446-31)
- WILLIAM ROGER VALLANCE MEMORIAL FUND (226446-32)
- RICHARD WARD FUND (226446-33)
- MORLEY FUND (226446-34)
- ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM TENNANT FUND (226446-35)
- NAVAL HOME INDUSTRY FUND (226446-36)
- SOUTHAMPTON SAILORS&#x27; HOME (KING GEORGES&#x27; FUND) CHARITY (226446-37)
- ENDOWED GENERAL PURPOSES FUND (226446-38)
- THE GULF TRUST (SEAFARERS) (226446-39)
- R K A DRUCE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP (226446-4)
- THE INGLIS FUND (226446-40)
- KGFS FALKLANDS FUND (226446-41)
- BOWLANDS FUND (226446-5)
- KING GEORGE V FUND (226446-6)
- JOHN DARREL BOYD MEMORIAL FUND (226446-7)
- SYDNEY THOMAS LETHBRIDGE BEQUEST (226446-8)
- JOHN EDMUND MACKENZIE FUND (226446-9)



