OSCR Scottish charity profile

Sailors' Society Scotland

ActiveCharity number SC041887
Registered10 November 2010
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formCompany (the charity is registered with Companies House)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC041887
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
Operations cover all or most of Scotland
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
2
Postcode
SO19 9FF

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

We have supported seafarers in Scotland in ports and via our helpline and chat line. We have also supported them through the parent charity's Wellness at Sea products and its peer-to-peer groups which our Scottish staff assist in providing. The Wellness at Sea programme gives Scottish seafarers the tools to manage issues like loneliness, money worries, stress and relationship breakdown before they turn into a crisis needing help and advice. We also give monetary grants to those in need.

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of religion

Beneficiaries

  • No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

2.1 This clause shall be interpreted as if it incorporated an over-riding qualification limiting the powers of the Company such that any activity which would otherwise be permitted by the terms of this clause may be carried on only if that activity furthers a purpose which is regarded as charitable. the expression “charitable” shall mean a charitable purpose under Section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (including any statutory amendment or re-enactment for the time being in force) which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts. Subject to that over-riding qualification, the Company’s objects are to benefit British and foreign seafarers, ex-seafarers and intending seafarers and their families and dependents and the communities in which those people live and work in Scotland by: 2.1.1 by the advancement of the Christian religion. 2.1.2 the advancement of education in relation to the Christian religion and navigational and nautical subjects including shipbuilding, telecommunications, marine and electrical engineering and other subjects relating to ships and the training of seamen and intending seafarers. and 2.1.3 the relief of poverty and distress.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
31 December 2024£118,317£123,740229 September 2025
31 December 2023£141,489£172,940219 August 2024
31 December 2022£152,792£195,65927 September 2023
31 December 2021£182,154£190,43424 November 2022
31 December 2020£182,918£192,886220 September 2021

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
Seafarer House, 74 St Annes Road, Southampton
Website supplied to OSCR
Not supplied
Parent charity
Sailors Society · 237778

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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