Royal Navy Heritage Collection

Analysis

Royal Navy Heritage Collection is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in March 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Royal Navy Heritage Collection reported income of £59k and spending of £59k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £26k to £59k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 49% 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 Navy Heritage Collection sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Garrison Welfare (£56k), 6 Regiment Rlc- President of the Regimental Institute (Pri) Fund (£64k) and Ra Mess, Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill (£52k).