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Warrant Officers, Senior Ratings and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Mess HMS Collingwood

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1130662FarehamOther charitable purposes
Income£293k2025-11-30
Spending£292ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause91st pctOther charitable purposes
Registered2009Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Warrant Officers, Senior Ratings and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Mess HMS Collingwood is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fareham. It was registered in July 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending November 2025, Warrant Officers, Senior Ratings and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Mess HMS Collingwood reported income of £293k and spending of £292k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2021 to November 2025, income grew from £122k to £293k (+141%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2023, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Warrant Officers, Senior Ratings and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers Mess HMS Collingwood sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Project Mama (£288k), Bramber Bakehouse (£297k) and HQ Hereford Garrison Officers' Mess (£287k).

Income and spending

£0£95k£189k£284k£378k2021 Income: £121,7952021 Spending: £105,14520212022 Income: £180,5002022 Spending: £194,00220222023 Income: £347,0322023 Spending: £378,39920232024 Income: £355,1942024 Spending: £355,75020242025 Income: £293,2692025 Spending: £291,5622025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

TO HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDITURE ON IMPROVEMENTS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THE ENGENDERMENT OF ESPRIT DE CORPS. THE PAST YEAR HAS SEEN THE MESS PUT ON A FULL SOCIAL PROGRAMME FOR ITS MEMBERS. GENEROUS SUBSIDIES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO FUNCTIONS FROM THE PROFITS MADE FROM THE BAR AND OTHER TAXABLE ACTIVITIES.

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CharityLocationIncome
Project MamaBristol£288k
Bramber BakehouseEast Sussex£297k
HQ Hereford Garrison Officers' MessHereford£287k
The National Pro Bono CentreLondon£300k