Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

GLOBE AND LAUREL MAGAZINE 

The object of the charity is to maintain and promote contact between past and present members of the Corps, fostering mutual friendship between them.It also fosters 'esprit de corps', comradeship and the welfare of the Corps by preserving its traditions. It makes donations to those armed forces charities that benefit Royal Marines.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
31/03/23£152£160£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£142£191£-49n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/21£150£112£39n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£164£179£-15n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£170£179£-8n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£180£78£102£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£191£206£-15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£193£114£79£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£203£195£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£197£206£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£189£176£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£166£111£55£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£129£135£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£116£96£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£126£117£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£133£159£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£120£141£-21£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£139£137£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£135£145£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£139£152£-13£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

https://theroyalmarinescharity.org.uk/globe-l

secretary.royalsmag@btconnect.com

02392547209

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/11/1997, number: 1065969
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

H M S Excellent
Whale Island
Portsmouth
PO2 8ER

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROYAL MARINES CORPS (HEREAFTER KNOWN AS THE CORPS) BY:A) MAINTAINING AND PROMOTING CONTACT BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE CORPS, FOSTERING MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THEMB) FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS, COMRADESHIP AND THE WELFARE OF THE CORPS AND PRESERVING ITS TRADITIONS, AND2) TO MAKE DONATIONS TO THOSE ARMED FORCES CHARITIES WHICH BENEFIT ROYAL MARINES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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