SAILORS' SOCIETY
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Cash
£790
+221.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.5k
-4.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
17
+6.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£288
-104.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £2,253,000 | £1,557,000 | £1,476 | -99.9% | |
| Operating profit | £191,000 | -£141 | -£288 | -104.3% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£141 | -£288 | -104.3% | |
| Net profit | £297,000 | £5 | -£162 | -3,340% | |
| Cash | £382,000 | £246 | £790 | +221.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,143,000 | £4,121 | £3,929 | -4.7% | |
| Net assets | £3,703,000 | £3,708 | £3,546 | -4.4% | |
| Equity | £3,703,000 | £3,708 | £3,546 | -4.4% | |
| Average employees | 31 | 16 | 17 | +6.3% | |
| Wages | £999,000 | £621 | £643 | +3.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £0 | £0 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £0 | £0 | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.5% | -0.0% | -19.5% | |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 0.0% | -11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 4.6% | -3.4% | -7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 14.7% | 14.0% | 15.1% | |
| Current ratio | 4.53x | 4.82x | 4.94x | |
| Interest cover | 10.05x | -7.83x | -16.94x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- SAILORS' SOCIETY 2007-06-22 → present
- BRITISH & INTERNATIONAL SAILORS' SOCIETY 1995-03-29 → 2007-06-22
- BRITISH SAILORS SOCIETY(AT HOME AND ABROAD)(INCORPORATED) 1905-12-20 → 1995-03-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have therefore been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- SAILORS' SOCIETY · parent
- Sailors' Beneficial Enterprises Ltd 100%
- Sir Gabriel Wood's Mariners' Home and Court
- Sailors' Society Scotland
- Sailors' Society Philippines Incorporated
- Sailors' Society USA
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
11 active · 52 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PITCHER, Andrew James | Secretary | 2017-04-14 | — | — |
| BROADHURST, Peter Charles | Director | 2026-07-30 | Feb 1961 | British |
| BUNTON, Michael Peter | Director | 2026-07-30 | Dec 1984 | British |
| EVANGELIDIS, Anna Grace Shrimplin | Director | 2026-07-30 | Dec 1975 | British |
| FARRELL, Christopher John | Director | 2026-07-30 | Feb 1981 | British |
| HESELTINE, Heidi Rosemary | Director | 2026-07-30 | May 1973 | British |
| HOLLOWAY, Jonathan | Director | 2023-05-15 | May 1972 | British |
| HUTCHINSON, Joshua Paul | Director | 2020-01-03 | Jan 1988 | British |
| MORTON, Catharine Margaret | Director | 2018-12-10 | Jul 1955 | British |
| SWIFT, Peter Michael, Dr | Director | 2012-06-07 | Dec 1944 | British |
| WHITE, Michele Rinette | Director | 2022-06-01 | Apr 1966 | British |
Show 52 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Robert Nigel | Secretary | 2006-11-14 | 2013-09-30 |
| CHAMBERS, Graham Arthur | Secretary | — | 2000-10-02 |
| RIVERS, Stuart Ross | Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2017-04-14 |
| RIVERS, Stuart Ross | Secretary | 2013-04-01 | 2013-04-01 |
| SMITH, Alan Ben | Secretary | 2000-10-02 | 2006-11-14 |
| BASSETT, Nigel Peter, Captain | Director | 2024-09-23 | 2026-07-06 |
| BURRIDGE, Michael Joseph | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2015-12-03 |
| CAWS, Richard Byron | Director | — | 1997-05-13 |
| CLAY, Roger Eric Kirby | Director | 2001-09-01 | 2005-06-20 |
| CROSS, John Henry Laidlaw, The Revn | Director | — | 1995-06-13 |
| DRAYTON, Michael Kenneth | Director | 2012-06-07 | 2020-04-18 |
| FISCHBACHER, Alastair | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2019-11-24 |
| FISHER, Mark Jeremy, Reverend | Director | 2010-06-08 | 2012-06-07 |
| GILBERT, Charles Robert Wolsey, Revd | Director | — | 2002-06-11 |
| GOLDBERG, Peter Henry | Director | 2004-06-07 | 2024-12-31 |
| GORDON, Robert Michael | Director | 1992-11-10 | 1997-05-01 |
| HAIG, Andrew Livingstone, Revd | Director | — | 1994-06-14 |
| HOBLYN, Peter Charles Walker | Director | — | 2003-06-10 |
| HOLLIDAY, Ray | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2004-09-28 |
| HOLLOWAY, Jonathan | Director | 2014-06-19 | 2019-06-11 |
| HYATT, Elsie Mary Lesley | Director | — | 2004-03-09 |
| JACOBS, Flemming Robert | Director | 2006-12-11 | 2012-06-07 |
| JENKINS, Rodney Frederick | Director | 2002-10-08 | 2012-06-07 |
| JONES, John Anthony, Captain | Director | 2023-12-11 | 2026-04-20 |
| JONES, Norman, Captain | Director | 2009-03-24 | 2013-09-25 |
| KELSO, Charles Reginald, Captain | Director | 1997-09-09 | 2012-06-07 |
| KELSO, Thomas Eion, Capt | Director | — | 2009-06-08 |
| KRUG, Bernard Karl, Revd | Director | — | 1999-06-15 |
| KYNASTON REEVES, Thomas Philip, Professor | Director | 2004-09-28 | 2012-09-25 |
| MCGINNITY, Anthony Michael Christopher | Director | 1998-06-09 | 2008-06-10 |
| MCLUSKEY, James Fraser, The Very Revd Dr | Director | — | 1994-06-14 |
| MCMURRAY, Colin Andrew | Director | 2013-10-21 | 2019-02-08 |
| MOFFAT, John Crawford, Capt | Director | — | 2004-03-09 |
| MORRIS, David John | Director | 1997-09-09 | 2012-06-07 |
| NELSON, Peter John Horatio, The Earl | Director | — | 2003-02-25 |
| PEKCAN, Claire Helen, Dr | Director | 2021-09-09 | 2022-04-29 |
| PENNEY, Yvonne Kay | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2025-12-31 |
| ROPER, Geoffrey Edward Hodgess, Reverend | Director | 1998-11-09 | 2006-06-13 |
| ROY, Prasanta | Director | 2018-12-10 | 2019-05-30 |
| RUSSELL, Arthur Gordon, Captain | Director | — | 2003-02-12 |
| SHARMA, Shyam Kumar | Director | 2007-09-25 | 2018-12-10 |
| SHAW, Natalie Charlotte | Director | 2007-09-25 | 2016-01-06 |
| SINCLAIR, Gilbert Menzies Ross Greenwood | Director | — | 2014-06-19 |
| STONELEY, Jonathan Robert | Director | 2006-09-25 | 2019-05-30 |
| TILLER, Emma, Captain | Director | 2006-03-20 | 2009-06-08 |
| TYRRELL, Andrew James Reginald, Captain | Director | — | 2002-12-09 |
| WALKER, Nigel Gordon | Director | 1993-03-09 | 2002-06-11 |
| WARD, William Ian Roy | Director | 1992-09-08 | 2017-06-22 |
| WATSON, John Keith, Revd | Director | 1998-06-09 | 2014-12-11 |
| WEATHERLEY, Michael John, Dr | Director | 2002-06-11 | 2008-06-10 |
| WILKINSON, Timothy Lindow, Revd | Director | 2014-12-11 | 2017-09-21 |
| ZALAPA, Jacqueline Lee | Director | 2019-05-30 | 2021-07-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-08-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.