01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC048185
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Cross Border
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
- Volunteers
- Not supplied
- Staff
- 35
- Postcode
- EX8 5AR
OSCR note: Previous Charity name The Royal Marines Charity from 09 March 2018 to 11 March 2021
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Charitable purposes
- the prevention or relief of poverty
- the advancement of health
- the saving of lives
- the advancement of citizenship or community development
- the provision of recreational facilities, or the organisation of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
- any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the preceding purposes
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
- Older People
- People with disabilities or health problems
- Other defined groups
- Other charities or voluntary bodies
Activities
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
The Objects of the Charity are 3.1.1 To maintain and increase the efficiency and esprit de corps of the Royal Marines including the Royal Marines Reserve. 3.1.2 To assist or benefit persons serving in or who have served in the Royal Marines or the Royal Marines Reserve or of such dependents, wives, widows, issue or immediate close family of such persons as may for the time being be in need of charitable assistance or benefit. 3.1.3 To support the Royal Marines including the Royal Marines Reserve, the Marine Cadet Section of the Sea Cadet Corps, the Marine Cadet Section of the Combined Cadet Force and the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps by any other charitable means as the Trustees shall from time to time permit.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £5,756,478 | £5,797,084 | 35 | 13 July 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | £6,170,786 | £6,563,004 | 35 | 26 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £7,724,037 | £6,031,952 | 35 | 19 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £4,774,495 | £5,048,416 | 35 | 19 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £4,613,805 | £4,334,253 | 35 | 16 September 2022 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- The Champ Building, Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon
- Website supplied to OSCR
- https://rma-trmc.org/
- Parent charity
- The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity · SC041898
No direct external links on this profile. The official OSCR record and source documentation are available through BritDB’s dedicated source page.
05 Provenance
Source for this profile
© Crown Copyright and database right 2026. Contains information from the Scottish Charity Register supplied by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. BritDB is an independent service and does not claim to be the Scottish Charity Register.