HMS Nelson Leisure and Amenities Fund

Analysis

HMS Nelson Leisure and Amenities Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, HMS Nelson Leisure and Amenities Fund reported income of £148k and spending of £175k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £108k to £148k (+37%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, HMS Nelson Leisure and Amenities Fund sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 2rgr Pri Fund (£144k), The Queen's Royal Hussars President of the Regimental Institute (£154k) and King's Guard Officers' Mess (£140k).

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.