The Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution

Analysis

The Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution reported income of £504k and spending of £224k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £237k to £504k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 214%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Royal Liverpool Seamen's Orphan Institution sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shaare Hayim Congregation (£504k), Reset Communities and Refugees Ltd (£504k) and Haven House Project (£503k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 78% and investments 22%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £350k. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 4.9%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 56 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.