Royal Naval Association Portland Branch

Analysis

Royal Naval Association Portland Branch is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portland. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Naval Association Portland Branch reported income of £18k and spending of £20k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,943 to £18k (+503%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 327%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Royal Naval Association Portland Branch sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stapleton Village Hall (£18k), The Musbury Village Hall (£18k) and The Michael and Christine Foulger Charitable Trust (£17k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.