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Mars Training Ship Fund Scheme 1961

SC002256Registered charity from 09 January 1962
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address The Vision Building
20 Greenmarket
Dundee
Postcode DD1 4QB
Website No Link Provided
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
Mars Training Ship Fund Scheme, 1961 - Under section 23: The governing body shall maintain in a good and sufficient state of repair ,the War Memorial erected at Woodhaven Pier, Wormit, by the subscriptions of the boys on board the" Mars ". Section 24 states: It shall be in the power of the governing body to award bursaries to lads of promise to enable them to attend residential courses in preparation for a seafaring career in any of its branches. Section 25 states: It shall be in the power of the governing body to make grants to - 1) young lads who require financial aid to enable them to attend or undertake suitable courses of instruction in one or more of the subjects of navigation, marine engineering, radio telegraphy, radar and ship's catering or otherwise to prepare themselves for or to follow a career in any branch of the Merchant Navy; (2) men of mature years who desire to follow a seafaring career and who require financial aid to enable them to attend or undertake suitable courses of instruction in one or more of the subjects of navigation, marine engineering, radio telegraphy, radar and ship's catering or otherwise to prepare themselves to take up seafaring in any of its branches; (3) junior officers in the Merchant Navy who require financial aid to enable them to advance themselves to higher rank by way of examinations, and (4) deck-hands who require financial aid to enable them to qualify as officers in the Merchant Navy. Under section 26: It shall be in the power of the governing body to make outfit and equipment grants to- (1) young lads of promise who require financial aid to follow a course at an approved sea training school, and (2) young lads of suitable qualifications who require financial aid to enable them to become officers in the Merchant Navy. The said grants shall be expended at sight of the governing body in the acquisition of seagoing kit and such equipment as the governing body may approve.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
award grants to people involved with seafaring for courses and also up keep the war memorial
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Educational endowment
Constitutional Form Date: 09 Jan 1962
Main Operating Location: Dundee City
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £30,985 £16,456 06 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £36,427 £16,537 05 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £38,973 £10,454 04 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £42,188 £16,424 03 Dec 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
No charity trustee information available
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