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Special Boat Service Association is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include disability, armed forces/emergency service efficiency.
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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about Special Boat Service Association?
Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£3,591,386
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£3,351,741
Registered charity number
1168876
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
Rm Poole
Quick answer
Special Boat Service Association (number 1168876) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Special Boat Service Association do?
The main objectives of the Association as set out in the Constitution are: To promote the efficiency of the Special Boat Service Association by: Maintaining contact between serving and former members of the Service and providing for social gatherings for them; Fostering esprit de corps, comradeship and the welfare of the Service and perpetuating its deeds; Preserving the tradit
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Special Boat Service Association
Answers Special Boat Service Association gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Special Boat Service Association's highest-paid staff paid?
Special Boat Service Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (1 employee).
Employees paid over £60,000, by salary band
£110,001–£120,000
1
£60,001–£70,000
1
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does Special Boat Service Association's money come from?
Special Boat Service Association reported £3.6m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were trading and fundraising events £3.1m (87%), investments £249k (7%), donations and legacies £232k (6%).
Trading and fundraising events£3.1m · 87%
Investments£249k · 7%
Donations and legacies£232k · 6%
Does Special Boat Service Association receive government funding?
The annual return does not answer this question for Special Boat Service Association. Check the accounts for grants and contracts from public bodies.
Special Boat Service Association reports a trading subsidiary — a company it owns that trades and passes profits to the charity.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
Special Boat Service Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Also known as
Sbsa
Previous names on the register
Special Boat Service Association (Sbsa)
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales
Who it supports and how it works
Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Makes Grants To Organisations; Provides Services; Other Charitable Activities.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Special Boat Service Association registered for?
DisabilityArmed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Why is there no Clarity Score for Special Boat Service Association yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Special Boat Service Association.
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Is Special Boat Service Association a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists Special Boat Service Association as a registered charity (number 1168876) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Special Boat Service Association's charity number?
Special Boat Service Association's charity number is 1168876. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1168876?
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What does Special Boat Service Association do?
The main objectives of the Association as set out in the Constitution are: To promote the efficiency of the Special Boat Service Association by: Maintaining contact between serving and former members of the Service and providing for social gatherings for them; Fostering esprit de corps, comradeship and the welfare of the Service and perpetuating its deeds; Preserving the tradit
Does Special Boat Service Association have reviews and complaints?
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How can I donate to Special Boat Service Association?
Special Boat Service Association does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is Special Boat Service Association's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Special Boat Service Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports 2 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £110,001–£120,000 (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 Special Boat Service Association's money come from?
Special Boat Service Association reported £3.6m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were trading and fundraising events £3.1m (87%), investments £249k (7%), donations and legacies £232k (6%).
Are Special Boat Service Association's trustees paid?
Special Boat Service Association's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was Special Boat Service Association previously called?
The register lists this previous name for Special Boat Service Association: Special Boat Service Association (Sbsa).
When was Special Boat Service Association registered as a charity?
Special Boat Service Association was entered on the register on 23 August 2016.