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Registered charity · London

The Royal Naval Benevolent Society for Officers

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £1.7m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.arno.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.7m£1.0m
  • 2024£928k£809k
  • 2023£724k£701k
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.0m£711k
  • 2021£708k£726k
Charitable objects

THE PROPERTY THE SOCIETY SHALL BE APPLIED IN RELIEVING OFFICERS AND FORMER OFFICERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY (INCLUDING WARRANT OFFICERS HOLDING WARRANTS BEFORE 1 APRIL 1956), THE ROYAL MARINES, THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, THE ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE, THE ROYAL MARINE FORCES VOLUNTEER RESERVE AND THE QUEEN ALEXANDRA'S ROYAL NAVAL NURSING SERVICE, THEIR SPOUSES, FORMER SPOUSES, FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

2.6y median 2.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.1y
average years in governance
1
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Education/training 2Accommodation/housing 1Amateur Sport 1Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1.7m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

4.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

5 from 4 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
207405
Status
Registered
Governing document
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER DATED 26 APRIL 1838 WITH A SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER OF 22 AUGUST 1996 AS AMENDED BY SCHEME OF 11/06/1997 & ORDER IN COUNCIL OF 30/10/1997 & RULES OF 20/10/2004 AS AMENDED ON 18/10/2007 AND 14/06/2008
Contact on the register
02074025231 · rnoc@arno.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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