ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 14 December 2006
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £734,396
Latest expenditure: £753,181
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION, 1 KENSINGTON GORE, LONDON, SW7 2AT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.rin.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The UK's learned society for positioning, navigation and timing. We are also a professional body, offering professional engineering registration through the UK Engineering Council.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 26 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 26 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £734,396
Total Gross Expenditure: £753,181

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 1 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 1 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £705,240
Total Gross Expenditure: £595,736

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 10 July 2024
Date Accounts Received: 10 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £473,147
Total Gross Expenditure: £485,962

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 29 June 2023
Date Accounts Received: 29 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £443,646
Total Gross Expenditure: £448,020

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 30 September 2022
Date Accounts Received: 30 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £432,415
Total Gross Expenditure: £424,990

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 26 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £734,396
Total Gross Expenditure: £753,181
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 61927
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 1 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £705,240
Total Gross Expenditure: £595,736
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 1
Count Govt Grants: £0
Income From Government Contracts: 67960
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 80001 90000: 1
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 10 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £473,147
Total Gross Expenditure: £485,962
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 90

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 29 June 2023
Total Gross Income: £443,646
Total Gross Expenditure: £448,020
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 30 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £432,415
Total Gross Expenditure: £424,990
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 70001 80000: 1
Count Volunteers: 50

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 26 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 211260
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 477759
Income Investments: 45377
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 734396
Income Legacies: 900
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £75,412
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £677,769
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 753181
Expenditure Investment Management: 16570
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 17620
Expenditure Support Costs: 337754
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 236698
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £437,675
Assets Total Fixed: 2407322
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 2407322
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £363,843
Assets Total Liabilities: £214,958
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,556,207
Creditors One Year Total Current: 214958
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £160,687
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 2428420
Funds Restricted: 127787
Funds Total: 2556207
Count Employees: 4
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 1 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 215065
Income Other Trading Activities: 0
Income Charitable Activities: 445442
Income Investments: 44733
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 705240
Income Legacies: 2713
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £79,752
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £515,984
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 595736
Expenditure Investment Management: 26489
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 15204
Expenditure Support Costs: 316634
Expenditure Depreciation: 0
Gain Loss Investment: 140276
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £571,468
Assets Total Fixed: 2161520
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 2161520
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £372,963
Assets Total Liabilities: £196,189
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £2,338,294
Creditors One Year Total Current: 196189
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £149,249
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 460772
Funds Restricted: 1877522
Funds Total: 2338294
Count Employees: 5
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Croatia
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: ROYAL INSTITUTE OF NAVIGATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2006-12-14T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: ROYAL CHARTER OF INCORPORATION DATED 14 NOVEMBER 2006
Charitable Objects: TO UNITE IN ONE BODY THOSE INTERESTED IN NAVIGATION, AND TO ADVANCE THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF NAVIGATION AND TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE IN NAVIGATION AND ITS ASSOCIATED SCIENCES, INCLUDING POSITIONING, TIMING, TRACKING AND CONDUCT OF A JOURNEY, WHETHER ON, IN, OVER OR UNDER LAND, SEA, AIR OR SPACE.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

10 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 452089
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: RIN

11 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment