The Royal Navy Football Association

Analysis

The Royal Navy Football Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Royal Navy Football Association reported income of £193k and spending of £194k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £133k to £193k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Royal Navy Football Association sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Bookham Community Association (£193k), Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire (£193k) and Appleton FC (£192k).