THE BRITANNIA ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1158111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE THE MILITARY EFFICIENCY OF THE ROYAL NAVY.TO RELIEVE WHERE APPROPRIATE PAST AND PRESENT ALUMNI AND WARDROOM STATUS MEMBERS OF STAFF OF THE COLLEGE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£260k
Latest spending
£320k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased to £572,554 from £612,297 in the prior year, resulting in an overall decrease in funds of £39,743 due to net expenditure exceeding investment gains. The Trustees consider this level of reserves appropriate to meet the current and future needs of the charity and remain confident in the Association's going-concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: BA Pavilion Company Ltd
“The Charity owns the whole of the ordinary share capital, consisting of one ordinary share of £1 of BA Pavilion Company Ltd that was incorporated on 11 February 2022.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

BA PAVILION COMPANY LTD — per its own Companies House accounts

    Company officers (Companies House)

    Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

    Official officers record.

    Trustees · trustee networks

    Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

    Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    30/06/2025£260k£320k
    30/06/2024£266k£307k
    30/06/2023£263k£405k
    30/06/2022£333k£256k
    30/06/2021£172k£202k

    Common questions

    Is THE BRITANNIA ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased to £572,554 from £612,297 in the prior year, resulting in an overall decrease in funds of £39,743 due to net expenditure exceeding investment gains. The Trustees consider this level of reserves appropriate to meet the current and future needs of the charity and remain confident in the Association's going-concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

    Who funds THE BRITANNIA ASSOCIATION?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BRITANNIA ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED.

    Known funders

    Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2022£3kRoyal Navy/Royal Marines

    Funders of similar charities

    Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

    Charities like this

    Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY.

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    THE BRITANNIA ASSOCIATION£260k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY FY2024£13.7m——unclear—no doubt
    THE ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FOR OFFICERS FY2025£1.7m£90,001 - £100,0001unclear—no doubt
    THE ROYAL NAVY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
    ROYAL NAVY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£700k—0unclear—no doubt
    WARRANT OFFICERS' & SERGEANTS' MESS SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERS FY2025£171k—0unclear—no doubt

    Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.