The Mersey Mission to Seafarers

Analysis

The Mersey Mission to Seafarers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in August 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00189439). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Mersey Mission to Seafarers reported income of £166k and spending of £180k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £72k to £166k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 212%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Mersey Mission to Seafarers sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Berkshire Community Hospital League of Friends (£166k), The Great Stone Bridge Trust of Edenbridge (£166k) and The Methodist Church in West Somerset (£166k).

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.