Wardroom Mess Fund, HMS Sultan

Analysis

Wardroom Mess Fund, HMS Sultan is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gosport. It was registered in July 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Wardroom Mess Fund, HMS Sultan reported income of £188k and spending of £177k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £214k to £188k (-12%), an average of -3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 36%. 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, Wardroom Mess Fund, HMS Sultan 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 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Doctors in Distress (£184k), Wardroom HMS Excellent (£189k) and Bingham Library Trust Limited (£183k).