Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Gov Income
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 10 ?

ROYAL NAVAL SAILING ASSOCIATION 

The RNSA is a Service Sports Association that delivers the sport of sailing and associated activities for the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and their associated Reserve Forces. We operate across the UK and aim to get Service men and women of all sailing abilities actively engaged in our sport. We passionately believe sailing is an ideal vehicle for improving personal skills and military efficiency.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£361£390£-29n/an/an/an/an/a139
31/12/21£494£342£152n/an/an/an/an/a131
31/12/20£1,560£320£1,241£16£1,263£73227.53130
31/12/19*£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.rnsa.org.uk

ceo@rnsa.org.uk

02392521100

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
GiG Classification
  • Sports activities
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Australia, Canada, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 139 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/05/2019, number: 1183562
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; AR19: 230 days late,
Main office

10 HASLAR MARINA
HASLAR ROAD
GOSPORT
PO12 1NU

Objectives

The object of the CIO is to promote the military efficiency of His Majesty’s Armed Forces in such charitable ways as the trustees think fit with particular reference to: (a) increasing physical and mental fitness and wellbeing (b) fostering esprit de corps; (c) raising morale; and (d) encouraging seamanship, sea sense and sea safety awareness amongst members of the Naval Service, contributing towards the defence of the realm by members of the Naval Service; in particular, (but not by way of limitation), the trustees may further the object through encouraging and facilitating the participation in, and provision of or assisting in the provision of facilities for, water borne activities in the Naval Service.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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