The Britannia Association

Analysis

The Britannia Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dartmouth. It was registered in August 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09119745). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Britannia Association reported income of £260k and spending of £320k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £172k to £260k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Britannia Association sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Imamia Mission London (U.k.) (£259k), Eastleigh Basics Bank (£260k) and B K Charitable Trust (£259k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.