Registered charity · London
The White Ensign Association Limited
- 14 trustees
- Income £893k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones GCB DLTrustee · since 2019
- Admiral Sir Timothy FraserTrustee · since 2025
- Caroline Philippa Haughey OBE QCTrustee · since 2021
- Commodore Inga Jane Kennedy CBE QhnsTrustee · since 2018
- Commodore Robert William Dorey RFATrustee · since 2019
- Dame Ruth CairnieTrustee · since 2021
- James Michael Ross Saunders Watson DLTrustee · since 2017
- Lieutenant General Edward Grant Martin Davis CB CBETrustee · since 2019
- Lindsey GilchristTrustee · since 2025
- Mark Dowie CBETrustee · since 2026
- Robert ConstantTrustee · since 2025
- Sarah Kenny OBETrustee · since 2026
- Theocharis Panayiotou TheochariTrustee · since 2021
- Toby EllisonTrustee · since 2024
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, Economic/community Development/employment, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Scotland, Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.whiteensign.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The White Ensign Association Limited
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£893k£969k
- 2024£660k£737k
- 2023£565k£543k
Earlier years
- 2022£294k£479k
- 2021£434k£496k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 3%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE NAVAL SERVICES OF THE CROWN. (FOR DETAILS SEE SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 11TH MARCH 1959 AND MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION).
Grants received
2 grants · £80,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Veterans Foundation · £80,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones GCB DL since 2019
- Admiral Sir Timothy Fraser since 2025
- Caroline Philippa Haughey OBE QC since 2021
- Commodore Inga Jane Kennedy CBE Qhns since 2018
- Commodore Robert William Dorey RFA since 2019
- Dame Ruth Cairnie since 2021
- James Michael Ross Saunders Watson DL since 2017
- Lieutenant General Edward Grant Martin Davis CB CBE since 2019
- Lindsey Gilchrist since 2025
- Mark Dowie CBE since 2026
- Robert Constant since 2025
- Sarah Kenny OBE since 2026
- Theocharis Panayiotou Theochari since 2021
- Toby Ellison since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones GCB DL since 2019
- Commodore Inga Jane Kennedy CBE Qhns since 2018
- Commodore Robert William Dorey RFA since 2019
- James Michael Ross Saunders Watson DL since 2017
- Lieutenant General Edward Grant Martin Davis CB CBE since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones GCB DL since 2019
- Admiral Sir Timothy Fraser since 2025
- Caroline Philippa Haughey OBE QC since 2021
- Commodore Inga Jane Kennedy CBE Qhns since 2018
- Commodore Robert William Dorey RFA since 2019
- Dame Ruth Cairnie since 2021
- James Michael Ross Saunders Watson DL since 2017
- Lieutenant General Edward Grant Martin Davis CB CBE since 2019
- Lindsey Gilchrist since 2025
- Mark Dowie CBE since 2026
- Robert Constant since 2025
- Sarah Kenny OBE since 2026
- Theocharis Panayiotou Theochari since 2021
- Toby Ellison since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 91.0 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 206787
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24TH JUNE 1958 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS PASSED 11TH MARCH 1959 AND 21ST NOVEMBER 2002 as amended on 20 Mar 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 00606887 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07384 575598 · office@whiteensign.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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