OSCR Scottish charity profile

The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust

Known as RNBT

ActiveCharity number SC052748
Registered14 August 2023
Main locationOutwith Scotland
Legal formStatutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC052748
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Cross Border
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
Not supplied
Staff
191
Postcode
PO2 8RN

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

Charitable purposes

  • the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Beneficiaries

  • Other defined groups

Activities

  • It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Constitutional objectives

The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust gives help, in cases of need, to serving and former Royal Naval ratings and Royal Marines other ranks. We also help their partners, children and some others connected with them.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

3 periods
Year endTotal incomeDonationsCharitable activities incomeTrading incomeInvestment incomeOther incomeTotal expenditureRaising fundsCharitable activities spendingOther spendingStaffReturn received
31 March 2026£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0£0191Not supplied
31 March 2025£12,460,971£0£0£0£0£0£11,930,983£0£0£01916 January 2026
31 March 2024£9,292,616£0£0£0£0£0£11,456,475£0£0£019116 December 2024

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
Castaway House, 311 Twyford Avenue, Portsmouth
Website supplied to OSCR
www.rnbt.org.uk
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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