The Wardroom Mess, HMS Drake

Analysis

The Wardroom Mess, HMS Drake is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in April 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2026, The Wardroom Mess, HMS Drake reported income of £220k and spending of £191k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2022 to August 2026, income grew from £140k to £220k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 24%. 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, The Wardroom Mess, HMS Drake sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Officers' Mess RAF Coningsby (£217k), Inspire South Tyneside (£225k) and Farncombe Day Centre Limited (£216k).