THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 266982 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The RNA is a rank-blind membership organisation primarily for serving and former serving RN personnel and the wider naval family, who are proud of their Naval Service. We seek to maintain the naval ethos and enjoy sharing experiences with like minded people while supporting each other in times of need. The mission of the RNA is to foster camaraderie through events, comms and welfare support.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a bottom-line balance of £1,510,086, despite accepting a significant deficit budget to mark its 75th anniversary. The Trustees confirmed that reserves remain at a satisfactory level against their policy, noting that investment income contributes significantly to meeting operating costs. The organization reports being in excellent shape with membership growing to over 25,000.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Royal Naval Association (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~19.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 11.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (12/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Vice Admiral Duncan Laurence Potts CBchair
• Andrew Christie
• Anthony Boddrell
• Dennis Potter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Diana Sadler
• James Mark Slawson OBE
• Lance Higgon-Young · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mary Marguarita Lock MBE
• Paul Harries
• Paul Stephenson
• Peter Godwin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Peter Nicholls
• Roslyn Hastie-Murray
• STANLEY KEITH RIDLEY MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stephen John Elliot
• Tim Pike
• Warrant Officer Simon James Hanson RN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Warwick Ian Belfitt · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Australia · Cyprus · France · Ireland · Isle Of Man · Japan · Malta · Northern Ireland · Scotland · South Africa · Spain · 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 NAVAL SAILING ASSOCIATION.

• ROYAL NAVAL SAILING ASSOCIATION income £1.0m
• THE ROYAL NAVY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION income £193k
• THE ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FOR OFFICERS income £1.7m
• THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY income £13.7m
• ROYAL AIR FORCE SAILING ASSOCIATION income £135k
• THE ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT TRUST (GRAND FLEET AND KINDRED FUNDS) income £12.5m

Side by side with its peers

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