The Warrant Officers and Senior Rates' Mess, HMS Drake

Analysis

The Warrant Officers and Senior Rates' 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 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 organisations, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Warrant Officers and Senior Rates' Mess, HMS Drake reported income of £341k and spending of £331k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £95k to £341k (+260%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 236%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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 Warrant Officers and Senior Rates' Mess, HMS Drake sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include HMS Heron Central Amenities Fund (£318k), Lest We Forget Association (£354k) and Shorncliffe Station Nursery School (£297k).