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Royal Naval Association

SC055337Registered charity from 26 May 2026
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Charity Information:
The Name the Charity is Known By RNA
Address Royal Naval Association Portsmouth, Hampshire
Lanyard House
1/87 Scott Road
HM Naval Base
Portsmouth
Postcode PO1 3LU
Website www.royal-naval-association.co.uk
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The objects of the Association shall be: (1) To further the efficiency and well being of the Service, preserve its traditions and encourage recruiting. (2) To foster comradeship and "esprit de corps" among those who have served or are serving in Our Naval Forces. (3) To provide facilities for bringing Members together. (4) To perpetuate the memory of those members of Our Naval Forces who have died in the service of their Country. (5) To provide relief from conditions of need, hardship or distress, to persons who have served or are serving in Our Naval Forces and their dependents. (6) To advise members and other persons who have served in Our Naval Forces and their dependents on subjects affecting their welfare, referring on to appropriate agencies where specialist advice is required. (7) To advise and assist Members and other persons who have served in Our Naval Forces in their search for employment. (8) To pursue any or all of objects (2), (4), (5), (6) and (7) above for the benefit of members or former members of the Naval Forces of former members of the Commonwealth at a time when those Naval Forces were part of Our Naval Forces, and either or both of objects (5) and (6) above for the benefit of the dependents of such persons.
Operations:
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)
Constitutional Form Date: 26 May 2026
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Purposes: "the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Mary Marguarita Lock
Warwick Belfitt
Anthony Boddrell
Lance Higgon-Young
Stephen Elliot
Peter Godwin
Mark Slawson
Dennis Potter
Roslyn Hastie-Murray
Tim Pike
Diana Sadler
Andrew Christie
Paul Stephenson
Paul Harries
Duncan Potts
Keith Ridley
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