ROYAL NAVY MUSEUMS
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
To become the world's leading naval museum underpinned by the spirit of enterprise and adventure which has always been the hallmark of the Royal Navy. To make accessible to all the story of the Royal Navy and its people from earliest times to the present by collecting, preserving and interpreting artefacts, photographs, documents, manuscripts and oral history testimony.
Latest income
£19.7m
Expenditure
£21.7m
Financial year end
2025-03-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £17.0m | £13.8m | |
| 2022-03-31 | £27.1m | £15.4m | |
| 2023-03-31 | £29.6m | £19.0m | |
| 2024-03-31 | £19.2m | £20.7m | |
| 2025-03-31 | £19.7m | £21.7m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2025-03-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £8.8m |
| Charitable activities | £6.5m |
| Trading | £2.2m |
| Investment income | £1.7m |
| Total income | £19.7m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £18.6m |
| Raising funds | £3.0m |
| Grants to institutions | £4.7m |
| Governance | £3.8m |
| Total expenditure | £21.7m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £5k |
| Total funds | £220m |
| — restricted | £135m |
| — unrestricted | £27.2m |
| — endowment | £57.4m |
| Total assets | £220m |
| Cash | £11.8m |
People
| Employees | 3 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- Education/training
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Environment/conservation/heritage
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Other Charitable Purposes
Who it helps
- Other Defined Groups
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- Other Charitable Activities
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.