Common questions about Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service a good charity? +
Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service scores 82 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 90% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service as a registered charity (charity number 1176596). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1176596&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's charity number? +
Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's charity number is 1176596. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's charity rating? +
Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service scores 82 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 90% of Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 10% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 11% of expenditure (2024–2026, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service. Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service receive? +
Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service reported £902k total income in its 2026 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: growing.
Are Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-08-12). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service based? +
Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's registered contact address is in Portsmouth (PO2 8RN). It tells the regulator it operates in England, Scotland, with a focus on armed forces.
How much is Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £70,001–£80,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's money come from? +
Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service reported £902k total income for the year ending 31 March 2026. The largest sources were investments £583k (65%), charitable activities £256k (28%), donations and legacies £60k (7%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £942.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service? +
The register records Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's trustees paid? +
Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2026 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service registered as a charity? +
Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service was entered on the register on 10 January 2018. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 11114651).
How does CharityCompare score Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and Dame Agnes Weston's Royal Charity for the Naval Service's most recent accounts cover 2026. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.