The Naval Children's Charity

Analysis

The Naval Children's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in January 2015, 11 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Naval Children's Charity reported income of £1.5m and spending of £2.4m, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 166% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Naval Children's Charity sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sisters of Charity of St Jeanne Antide CIO (£1.5m), Rape and Sexual Abuse (Rasa) Centre Ltd (£1.5m) and South Derbyshire CVS (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 84% and investments 15%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £12k. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.8%. It employed 15 people.

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.