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THE WHITE ENSIGN ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Company no. 00606887 · PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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THE WHITE ENSIGN ASSOCIATION LIMITED is an active 68-year-old company, with accounts filed and up to date and no outstanding charges or mortgages registered. No adverse signals found on the public record.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
No outstanding charges or mortgages registered
Established — 68+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years
StatusActive
Company number00606887
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated24 Jun 1958 · 68 yrs
Registered officeHms Belfast, Tooley Street, London, SE1 2JH
Nature of business88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.
Next accounts due30 Sep 2027
Confirmation statement due3 Nov 2026

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
206787
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
22 Sep 1962
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£659,822 · year to 31 Dec 2024
Latest expenditure
£737,260

What THE WHITE ENSIGN ASSOCIATION LIMITED does

Naval charity which supports all serving and former members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and RFA, including dependants. A non-grant giving organisation, the Association helps personnel in matters including Armed Forces pensions and compensation, civilian employment and personal welfare and administration, giving guidance at an individual level. Delivers an extensive lecture programme.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Dec 2024 £659,822 £737,260 −£77,438
31 Dec 2023 £565,165 £542,633 £22,532
31 Dec 2022 £293,927 £478,568 −£184,641
31 Dec 2021 £434,096 £496,421 −£62,325
31 Dec 2020 £5,424,879 £717,412 £4,707,467

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (12)

Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones GCB DL
Trustee · appointed 14 Nov 2019
Admiral Sir Timothy Fraser
Trustee · appointed 20 Mar 2025
Caroline Philippa Haughey OBE QC
Trustee · appointed 15 Jul 2021
Commodore Inga Jane Kennedy CBE QHNS
Trustee · appointed 15 Nov 2018
Commodore Robert William Dorey RFA
Trustee · appointed 14 Nov 2019
Dame Ruth Cairnie
Trustee · appointed 20 Jul 2021
James Michael Ross Saunders Watson DL
Trustee · appointed 15 Nov 2017
Lieutenant General Edward Grant Martin Davis CB CBE
Trustee · appointed 14 Nov 2019
Lindsey Gilchrist
Trustee · appointed 20 Mar 2025
Robert Constant
Trustee · appointed 20 Mar 2025
Theocharis Panayiotou Theochari
Trustee · appointed 15 Jul 2021
Toby Ellison
Trustee · appointed 20 Mar 2024

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Filed accounts — year to 31 Dec 2023

FigureAmount
Fixed assets £5,654,668
Current assets £233,474
Cash at bank £116,293
Debtors £117,181
Creditors £136,198
Net current assets £97,276
Total assets less current liabilities £5,751,944
Net assets £5,751,944
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Figures taken directly from the accounts THE WHITE ENSIGN ASSOCIATION LIMITED filed at Companies House for the financial year ending 31 Dec 2023, read from the machine-readable (iXBRL) tags in the filing itself. Smaller companies may file abridged accounts, so not every figure above will be present for every business. Always check the full filing before relying on these numbers.

Directors & officers

MARCHANT-WINCOTT, Adam Charles
Secretary · appointed 23 Sep 2022
CAIRNIE, Linda Ruth
Director · appointed 20 Jul 2021 · British
CONSTANT, Robert Ashley Meyricke
Director · appointed 19 Mar 2025 · British
DAVIS CB CBE, Edward Grant Martin, Lieutenant General
Director · appointed 14 Nov 2019 · British
DOREY, Robert William, Commodore
Director · appointed 14 Nov 2019 · British
ELLISON, Toby George
Director · appointed 27 Feb 2024 · British
FRASER, Timothy Peter, Admiral Sir
Director · appointed 20 Mar 2025 · British
GILCHRIST, Lindsey
Director · appointed 20 Mar 2025 · British
HAUGHEY, Caroline Philippa, Hon
Director · appointed 15 Jul 2021 · British
JONES GCB DL, Sir Philip Andrew, Admiral
Director · appointed 14 Nov 2019 · British
KENNEDY, Inga Jane, Commodore
Director · appointed 15 Nov 2018 · British
SAUNDERS WATSON, James Michael Ross
Director · appointed 15 Nov 2017 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

Statement filed — no individual PSC named
Persons with significant control statement
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Dec 2025
Next accounts due30 Sep 2027
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement20 Oct 2025
Next statement due3 Nov 2026
Accounts typeSmall company

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