Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society

Analysis

Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Banstead. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society reported income of £5.3m and spending of £5.5m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.4m to £5.3m (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal Alfred Seafarers' Society sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation (£5.3m), The Jerusalem Foundation (£5.3m) and Hoylake Cottage (£5.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 5.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £25k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.3%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 101 people.

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.