THE ROYAL NAVY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1164897 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is to promote the physical efficiency of members of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines through the provision of administrative and financial support and facilities to enable past and present members of all ranks of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines and their dependants to participate in sport.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE THE PHYSICAL EFFICIENCY OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND FACILITIES TO ENABLE PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF ALL RANKS OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORT.

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 · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Portsmouth, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £137,538, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 months of operating costs. The charity reported a small unrestricted deficit of £197 for the year but maintained a total net asset position of £315,861. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future.

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 5 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David McGarel
• Eilish Brogan
• Elizabeth Smith
• Fraser James Quirke
• Gavin Howe
• Heather O'Connell
• Nicola Sanders Cooper
• Thomas Blain Barnden

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL AIR FORCE SMALL ARMS ASSOCIATION.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE SMALL ARMS ASSOCIATION income £243k
• THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY income £16.2m
• ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS income £1.9m
• FC HARTLEPOOL income £293k
• Royal Marines Association - The Royal Marines Charity income £5.8m
• ROYAL NAVY WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION income £700k

Side by side with its peers

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