The Honourable Company of Master Mariners and Howard Leopold Davis Charity
Analysis
The Honourable Company of Master Mariners and Howard Leopold Davis Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.
In the financial year ending December 2025, The Honourable Company of Master Mariners and Howard Leopold Davis Charity reported income of £85k and spending of £242k, spending 284% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £113k to £85k (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 264% of the income it received.
Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Honourable Company of Master Mariners and Howard Leopold Davis Charity sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Markham Community House (£85k), The Achieve Equity Foundation (£85k) and Premier Learning (£85k).
Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The benevolent purposes are to relieve:a. Navigating Officers of the British Merchant Navy and their families and dependants who are in need through financial hardship, sickness, disability or the effects of old age.The Educational purposes are to educate and train persons serving or intending to serve in the British Merchant Navy through an interest in seamanship or sailing.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Markham Community House | Gwent | £85k |
| The Achieve Equity Foundation | Shrewsbury | £85k |
| Premier Learning | Sheffield | £85k |
| The Cherry Family Foundation | Essex | £85k |