Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity

Analysis

Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exmouth. It was registered in February 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, armed forces/emergency service efficiency, recreation and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07142012). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity reported income of £5.8m and spending of £5.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4.6m to £5.8m (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Echoes International (£5.7m), The Mortimer Society (£5.8m) and Royal School for the Deaf Derby (£5.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80%, charitable activities 15% and investments 4.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £406k. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 24%. Grants to other organisations totalled £605k. Reserves of £13.5m would cover about 27 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.