The Marie Celeste Samaritan Society
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Society suits organisations that provide relief and aid to patients at, or discharged from, the Royal London Hospital where their needs fall outside the NHS, whether they work with those patients directly or through other local groups.
- If your work does not reach those patients, this funder is not a match.
- About 8 in 10 of the grants to organisations in the annual report fall between £1,000 and £80,000, with a median of £17,500, so a request in that range is a realistic size, though the largest grant was about £105,000.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and trustees will only award grants when they have adequate information, so set out clearly how your work reaches hospital patients and how you will report back if funded.
- The annual report shows grants mainly in Tower Hamlets and London, but no geographic focus is stated, so treat that as where grants have gone rather than a limit on who can apply.
Overview
The Marie Celeste Samaritan Society is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1187012).
The Marie Celeste Samaritan Society is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It was founded by a surgeon to the Royal London Hospital, and its purpose is to provide and administer relief and aid for patients at, or discharged from, the hospital where their needs fall outside the NHS. The annual report shows it paid £338,428 in total, with its grants mainly in Tower Hamlets and London.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 31 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Society provides and administers relief and aid for patients at, or discharged from, the Royal London Hospital where their needs fall outside the NHS remit. Its activities provide care and support directly to individuals or groups of patients, and indirectly through grants to local organisations that provide care for them. It aims to assist as many such patients as possible. Trustees require adequate information when considering grant requests and appropriate reporting after a grant. The organisations it supports are expected to assist patients of the hospital directly or indirectly.
Themes
- Hospital patient support
Geographic Focus
No geographic focus is stated; the annual report shows grants mainly in Tower Hamlets and London.
How to apply
Grant requests are considered by the trustees, who sanction grants only when they have adequate information; appropriate reporting is expected after an award.
Where they fund
Where its grants have gone
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to The Marie Celeste Samaritan Society.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 10 grants in year to 31 December 2025 by size
Median £18,750 (year to 31 December 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Providence Row£106,428year to 31 December 2025
- The Royal London Hospital - Barts NHS£80,000year to 31 December 2025
- Sick Children Trust£50,000year to 31 December 2025
- The City and East London Bereavement Service£25,000year to 31 December 2025
- The Tower Hamlets Mission£20,000year to 31 December 2025
- Child Brain Injury Trust (CBIT)£17,500year to 31 December 2025
- RLH Music Project£15,000year to 31 December 2025
- The Griffin Community Trust£15,000year to 31 December 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £432,913 | £378,479 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £451,876 | £373,457 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £459,816 | £383,674 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £494,819 | £403,245 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £509,785 | £456,193 | £338,428 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- friendsoftheroyallondonhospital.org.uk/The-Friends-and-the-Marie-Celeste-Samaritan-Societ · read on 31 October 2026; a page about the charity on another site
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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Contact
- secretary@mariecelestess.orgsource
- The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, LONDON, E1 1FRsource
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Contact
- secretary@mariecelestess.orgsource
- The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, LONDON, E1 1FRsource