WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE BENEVOLENT TRUST

Registered charity 206529 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as W R N S B T

(a) To provide relief in cases of necessity or distress among the WRNS Members of the Trust and among the dependants of such persons and to accept and administer any gift for any special or limited object in general accordance with the aims of the Trust.(b) To make provision in suitable cases for assistance with further education for WRNS Members of the Trust.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE TRUST IS ESTABLISHED AND INCORPORATED ARE:(A) TO PROVIDE RELIEF IN CASES OF NECESSITY OR DISTRESS AMONG THE WRNS MEMBERS OF THE TRUST AND AMONG THE DEPENDENTS OF SUCH PERSONS AND TO ACCEPT AND ADMINISTER ANY GIFT FOR ANY SPECIAL OR LIMITED OBJECT IN GENERAL ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS OF THE TRUST (SUCH GIFTS TO BE KNOWN AS "MINOR TRUST"); AND(B) TO MAKE PROVISION IN SUITABLE CASES FOR ASSISTANCE WITH FURTHER EDUCATION FOR WRNS MEMBERS OF THE TRUST.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year with unrestricted reserves of £4,939,664, which the Trustees consider sufficient to meet commitments should legacy income cease. The charity reported a net income of £342,559, driven largely by a £322,999 gain on investments, while charitable grant expenditure was £205,095. The charity is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity, which provides significant in-kind administrative support valued at £111,442.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gibson Whitter Limited. 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• KATH HUTTONchair
• Annette Eileen PENFOLD
• Catherine Jordan
• Cdr. Vee Hooton RN
• Christina Kay Flavell
• Ellen HARRISON
• Janette Crisp
• Maggie Bolam
• Sally-Ann MACLENNAN
• Veronica Radakin

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

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Income and spending

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