Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre

Analysis

Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Andover. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08111423). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre reported income of £72k and spending of £85k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £90k to £72k (-19%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Batus General Fund (£69k), We Remember Submariners (£75k) and Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue (£68k).