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.

Objects

1.1.1 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROYAL NAVY BY:-(A) MAINTAINING CONTACT BETWEEN COLLEGE MEMBERS, FOSTERING MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THEM AND PROVIDING THE MECHANISM AND FRAMEWORK TO FACILITATE SOCIAL GATHERINGS OF THEM(B)FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS, COMRADESHIP AND THE WELFARE OF COLLEGE MEMBERS AND PRESERVING AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THE TRADITIONS OF THE SERVICE AND OF THE COLLEGE1.1.2 TO RELIEVE WHERE APPROPRIATE COLLEGE MEMBERS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: South Hams, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09119745 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: BA PAVILION COMPANY LTD Companies House 13910741

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.

• LEE, Thomas William Robert — director, appointed 17/11/2025on trustee list
• HALTON, Paul Vincent, Rear Admiral — director, appointed 07/11/2023on trustee list
• CLARK, David John — director, appointed 04/11/2019on trustee list
• DAVIS, Serena Jane — director, appointed 04/11/2019on trustee list
• GORDON, Graeme — director, appointed 04/11/2019on trustee list
• BOXALL-HUNT, Brian Paul, Commander — director, appointed 07/11/2016on trustee list
• DOWIE, Mark Peter Louden — director, appointed 20/07/2015on trustee list
• STEWART, Liza Jayne — secretary, appointed 07/07/2014

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Vincent Haltonchair
• Brian Boxall-Hunt
• David Clark
• Graeme Gordon
• MARK DOWIE
• Serena Davis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Thomas William LEE
• Timothy John Farrow

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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