The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The Royal Naval Association

Registered charity 266982 Registered since 1974

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Australia, France, Ireland, South Africa, Spain, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle Of Man, Cyprus, Japan, Malta

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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.

18 trustees on the board

4.7y median 3.5y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (6)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 18Education/training 17The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 16Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 2The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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£599k latest income
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.

23.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 24.9 in 2020

12 from 12 in 2023
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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.royal-naval-association.co.uk
Emailadmin@RNAssoc.org
Phone02392722983
AddressCentral Office, Lanyard House, Scott Road, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, PO1 3LU

Finances

£705,030 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£278,243£402,183
2022£213,419£278,243
2023£762,645£718,613
2024£598,880£786,312
2025£705,030£868,041

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employmentArmed Forces/emergency Service EfficiencyRecreation

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

(A) TO FURTHER THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICE IN WHICH MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION HAVE SERVED OR ARE SERVING BY FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS AND PRESERVING THE TRADITIONS OF THE SERVICE AND THUS TO ACHIEVE THOSE IDEALS FOR WHICH OUR NAVAL FORCES HAVE FOUGHT AND TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR NAVAL FORCES WHO HAVE DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY. (B) TO RELIEVE MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER OF 15TH JULY 1954 AS AMENDED BY ROYAL CHARTER OF 24TH OCTOBER 1973 AND 13 DECEMBER 1997.

Trustees (18)

18trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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