Seafarers' Christian Friend Society

Analysis

Seafarers' Christian Friend Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dundonald. It was registered in February 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00378765). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Seafarers' Christian Friend Society reported income of £334k and spending of £337k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £217k to £334k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Seafarers' Christian Friend Society sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Goldsworth Park (£334k), Cairns Road Baptist Church (£334k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Walton Holy Trinity, Aylesbury (£334k).

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.