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ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS

Registered charity 211161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R I N A

The Charity is a professional body and its aims are the improvement of ships and all that specially appertains to them and the arrangement of periodical meetings for the purpose of discussing practical and scientific subjects bearing upon the design and construction of ships and their means of propulsion and all that relates thereto.

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Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit in unrestricted funds of £409k for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a net movement in funds of £501,705. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £287k, which is below the stated policy target of circa £250k for minimum cash reserves, though the total unrestricted fund balance remains substantial at £5.6m.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,001 - £110,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“one employee received renumeration in the range of £100,000-£110,000.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 5
“Two employees received remuneration in the range £60,000-£70,000, two employee received remuneration in the range £70,000-£80,000, one employee received renumeration in the range of £100,000-£110,000.” — page 24
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £287k)
“The Board of Trustees’ policy is to maintain minimum cash reserves at the level of 3 months forward cash outflow from HQ operating costs net of rental and investment income, namely circa £250k”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£2.3m
Reserves (reported)
£5.6m
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~29.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Australia · City Of Westminster · Indonesia · Italy · New Zealand · South Korea · United Arab Emirates

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£1.9m£2.3m
30/09/2024£2.1m£2.9m
30/09/2023£2.0m£2.7m
30/09/2022£1.9m£2.1m
30/09/2021£1.7m£2.1m

Common questions

Is ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit in unrestricted funds of £409k for the year ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a net movement in funds of £501,705. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £287k, which is below the stated policy target of circa £250k for minimum cash reserves, though the total unrestricted fund balance remains substantial at £5.6m. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,001 - £110,000 band, and 5 employees earned over £60,000.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR AIDS TO NAVIGATION1£522k
KUSUMA TRUST UK1£195k
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors)1£60k
THE CORPORATION OF TRINITY HOUSE OF DEPTFORD STROND1£56k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION1£17k
LLOYD'S REGISTER FOUNDATION1£10k

Charities like this

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROYAL INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS£1.9m£100,001 - £110,0005unclear—no doubt
ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION FY2024£705k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN FY2025£9.8m——below—noted
THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS FY2024£31.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE NAUTICAL INSTITUTE FY2025£6.9m——above—no doubt
THE MASTER PILOTS AND SEAMEN OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE FY2024£189k—0above—no doubt

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