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Registered charity · Portsmouth

Women's Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £303k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: Catherine Jordan.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Canada, France, Greece and more
Website
www.wrnsbt.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£303k£284k
  • 2024£383k£312k
  • 2023£173k£341k
Earlier years
  • 2022£321k£312k
  • 2021£260k£294k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable 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.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

2.8y median 3y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

2.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£383k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
206529
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 25 APR 1950AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 09 MAR 1960AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 24 MAY 1973AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 13 NOV 1975AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 21 OCT 1998AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 20 OCT 1999AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 09 FEB 2011AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 19 JUL 2023
Contact on the register
02393871546 · SAM.NICOLSON@RNRMC.ORG.UK
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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