Royal Naval Sailing Association

Analysis

Royal Naval Sailing Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gosport. It was registered in May 2019, 7 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Naval Sailing Association reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.0m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £494k to £1.0m (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Royal Naval Sailing Association sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Care After Combat (£973k), Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown (£1.4m) and Woody's Lodge (£904k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61%, donations and legacies 29%, investments 3.0% and trading 2.2%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.8%. Reserves of £829k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 6 people.