Help Our Wounded Royal Marines and Supporting Arms
Analysis
Help Our Wounded Royal Marines and Supporting Arms is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sittingbourne. It was registered in February 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08333990). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.
In the financial year ending February 2025, Help Our Wounded Royal Marines and Supporting Arms reported income of £10k and spending of £21k, spending 205% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £22k to £10k (-54%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Help Our Wounded Royal Marines and Supporting Arms sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evercreech Community Sports and Recreation Limited (£10k), Ashby-De-La-Zouch and Coalville Lions Club Charity Trust Fund (£10k) and Vicar and Churchwardens of Stoke Holy Cross - Fuel Allotment (£10k).
Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To help members and former members of the Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines and those that provide supporting services to or in conjunction with them.
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| Vicar and Churchwardens of Stoke Holy Cross - Fuel Allotment | Norwich | £10k |
| Kings Hill Rotary Club Charitable Trust | Maidstone | £10k |