The I T F Seafarers Trust

Analysis

The I T F Seafarers Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The I T F Seafarers Trust reported income of £852k and spending of £5.9m, spending 695% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.3m to £852k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 401% 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 I T F Seafarers Trust 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darlington Mind (£851k), Age UK Portsmouth (£852k) and The Fountain Centre (£851k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.9m. Reserves of £29.2m would cover about 59 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 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.