Royal Institution of Naval Architects

Analysis

Royal Institution of Naval Architects is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Royal Institution of Naval Architects reported income of £1.9m and spending of £2.3m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.9m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Royal Institution of Naval Architects sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education Trust (£1.9m), Queen Mary, University of London Foundation (£1.9m) and London College of Business Studies (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and investments 10%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £5.6m would cover about 28 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 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.