Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity
Registered charity 1134205 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RMA - The Royal Marines Charity, RMA-The Royal Marines Charity, ROYAL MARINES CHARITABLE TRUST FUND, THE ROYAL MARINES CHARITY · also registered in Scotland as SC048185 (OSCR)
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating deficit of £40,606 for the year, a significant improvement from the £382,949 deficit in the prior year. Total reserves increased to £17.1 million, with free reserves calculated at £11 million, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 23 months of expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: £3.5m minimum reserve against risks (held: £11.0m)
“The current estimation of the charity is that the value of £3.5M is held as a minimum reserve against the potential fiscal impact of identified, tabled, and mitigated risks” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Globe & Laurel magazine (common trustees)
“The charity also received a £90,000 (2024: £62,000) donation from the Globe and Laurel magazine, an organisation with common trustees and paid out £120,525 (2024: £120,817) in the form of grants.” — page 50
“Included in the accounts is £197,079 (2024: £235,964) recognised as a gift in kind relating to The Royal Navy and Royal Marines staff time spent.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Gift in kind from Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity
“The charity also received a £90,000 (2024: £62,000) donation from the Globe and Laurel magazine, an organisation with common trustees and paid out £120,525 (2024: £120,817) in the form of grants.” — page 50
“Included in the accounts is £197,079 (2024: £235,964) recognised as a gift in kind relating to The Royal Navy and Royal Marines staff time spent.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant from Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity
“The charity also received a £90,000 (2024: £62,000) donation from the Globe and Laurel magazine, an organisation with common trustees and paid out £120,525 (2024: £120,817) in the form of grants.” — page 50
“Included in the accounts is £197,079 (2024: £235,964) recognised as a gift in kind relating to The Royal Navy and Royal Marines staff time spent.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Purchase from Charlie Sierra Group (common trustee)
“The charity also received a £90,000 (2024: £62,000) donation from the Globe and Laurel magazine, an organisation with common trustees and paid out £120,525 (2024: £120,817) in the form of grants.” — page 50
“Included in the accounts is £197,079 (2024: £235,964) recognised as a gift in kind relating to The Royal Navy and Royal Marines staff time spent.” — page 50
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Serious incident report submitted to Charity Commission
“We submitted a serious incident report to the CC in 2025 following an incident at a Families’ Day event as this was best practice to support our external policies. There has been as yet no response from the CC.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: TRMC Enterprises Ltd, Royal Marines Shop Ltd
“There are two wholly owned trading companies, TRMC Enterprises Ltd (Company No. 10020682) established to enable building projects and Royal Marines Shop Ltd (Company No. 08015901) established as a merchandise outlet” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — RMA - The Royal Marines Charity (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Matt Jackson DSO — Chief Executive Officer (source)
- Simon Wright QGM — Chief Operating Officer (source)
- Danny Egan — Director of Health & Wellbeing (source)
- Caroline Casey — Director of Fundraising & Communications (source)
- Tom Wilson — Director of Development (source)
- Phil Gilby MBE — Membership Operations Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£13.5m
Reported reserves equal ~27.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (08/05/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (27/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (22/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (09/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (23/01/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustees
- LYNN ROSANNE FORDHAMchair
- Andrew Mark Edward ROBINSON · trustee of 1 other charity
- Ann Catherine Cormack
- Carl Dixon
- Emma Claire Gray
- Ian David Cohen
- James Alexander Dennis
- Mark Edward Fitzgerald
- Nicholas Mark Banks
- Richard James Swarbrick
- Rory Copinger-Symes
- Ryan Nast
- SIMON BEET
- Sara Reed
- Thomas Michael Tripp
- Timothy Daniel Jukes · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity financially healthy?
The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating deficit of £40,606 for the year, a significant improvement from the £382,949 deficit in the prior year. Total reserves increased to £17.1 million, with free reserves calculated at £11 million, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 23 months of expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.
Who funds Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity?
Funders whose own accounts filings name Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity as a grant recipient include GLOBE AND LAUREL MAGAZINE, THE BALCOMBE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PENNIES FOUNDATION, THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION.
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