The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity

Analysis

The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in February 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06047294). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity reported income of £16.2m and spending of £19.1m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11.7m to £16.2m (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 131% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Army Benevolent Fund (£13.7m), The Royal Air Force Charitable Trust (£19.6m) and The Royal Air Force Club (£13.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 60%, charitable activities 18%, investments 11% and trading 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.8m. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 23%. Reserves of £17.9m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 103 people.

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.