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Sir Gabriel Wood's Mariners' Home

SC003763Registered charity from 07 June 1990
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address c/o Sailors' Society
Seafarer House
74 St Annes Road
Southampton
Postcode SO19 9FF
Website No Link Provided
Parent Charity Name Sailors Society
Parent Charity Registration Number 237778
Parent Charity Country of Registration Other
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and income thereof to provide residential and nursing home care including care for those with special needs including alzheimers and dementia related illnesses, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health conditions as well as short term respite care to the following: 3.1. Former seafarers, including those who have worked in the maritime industry or ports as well as at sea in the Merchant Navy, Royal Navy, Royal Marines or the WRNS, the widows or widowers of such retired persons, including married couples, civil partnerships and their immediate families where at least one person was a former seafarer; 3.2. Anyone with a work connection to the sea which shall include for the avoidance of doubt former ferry or dock workers, onshore staff etc and the widows or widowers of such retired persons, including married couples, civil partnerships and their immediate families where at least one person had a work connection to the sea in some way; 3.3. Persons of all ages who have no work connection to the sea whatsoever but have another form of service background including the armed services; and 3.4. Those who are in need by reason of age, ill health (which will include any form of mental or physical illness), disability, financial hardship or some other disadvantage. 3.5. DECLARING THAT in determining who should be received by the Trust under clauses 3.1 to 3.4, the Trustees shall also apply the following: 3.5.1. The Trustees shall have absolute discretion at all times to determine who they shall consider to be suitable for admission; 3.5.2. Preference shall be given where possible to British citizens and to those resident within the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands; 3.5.3. Where possible, preference shall be given to former seafarers and to those with a connection to Scotland, in particular those with a connection to the Counties of Renfrew, Ayr, Dumbarton, Argyll and Bute.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
The charity has ceased its charitable operations and steps are being taken to wind the charity up
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Trust (founding document is a deed of trust) (other than educational endowment)
Constitutional Form Date: 07 Jun 1990
Main Operating Location: Inverclyde
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 0
Purposes: "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Older People", "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £763,987 £658,341 03 Nov 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £22,218 £36,355 26 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £21 £3,168 19 Aug 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £3,668 -£269 29 Sept 2025 Yes Not published by OSCR
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 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:
Corporate Trustees
Sailors' Society
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