About us
RNBT PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES IN TIMES OF NEED.
WHO WE HELP
RNBT GIVES HELP, IN CASES OF NEED, TO SERVING AND FORMER ROYAL NAVAL RATINGS AND ROYAL MARINES OTHER RANKS, WHICH INCLUDES RESERVISTS; THEY ARE KNOWN AS PRIMARY BENEFICIARIES. WE ALSO HELP THEIR PARTNERS, CHILDREN AND SOME OTHERS CONNECTED WITH THEM. THEY ARE KNOWN AS OUR BENEFICIARIES.
- Last year we helped in 2,584 cases. The RNBT makes grants to meet a wide range of personal needs including food, clothing, rent, home repairs, medical needs, respite breaks, mobility aids and much more.
- Pembroke House. The RNBT runs its own 55 bed care home, Pembroke House in Gillingham, Kent.
- Admiral Jellicoe House. RNBT’s centenary care home project. A new purpose built care home in Portsmouth, integrating specialist dementia care.
- John Cornwell VC National Memorial. This six-unit alms-house in Hornchurch, Essex is also run by the RNBT.
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In the first half of the current financial year RNBT awarded 554 individual grants totalling just under £500k.
HOW WE RAISE FUNDS
WE OBTAIN FUNDING FROM SEVERAL SOURCES, BUT THE TWO MAIN INCOME STREAMS ARE BLOCK GRANTS FROM NAVAL FUNDRAISING CHARITIES AND DRAWING DOWN INCOME FROM OUR LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS.
MAJOR GRANTS FROM ORGANISATIONS
Several Naval charities have been substantial long-term sponsors:
- Greenwich Hospital (www.grenhosp.org.uk)
- The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (www.rnrmc.org.uk)
DONATIONS FROM OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS
Other organisations provide support for specific purposes on a case-by-case basis. It is very gratifying that our good works are recognised by organisations and individuals who provide us with valuable resources. We recognise with grateful thanks all such organisations and donors in the List of Donors in our Annual Report.
OUR ORGANISATION
A CHARITY WITH A ROYAL CHARTER
The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust was incorporated under Royal Charter granted on the 2 May 1922 and is registered with the Charity Commission (number 206243).
PATRON
The former Prince of Wales was Patron; the Royal Household is currently conducting a review of Royal Patronage.
PRESIDENT
Admiral Sir Tim Fraser KCB ADC
Sir Tim Fraser joined the Royal Navy in 1982. He served as the United Kingdom Maritime Component Commander in Bahrain (2010 to 2011), as the Senior British Military Advisor in US Central Command HQ in Tampa, Florida (2012 to 2014) and from 2017 as the Chief of Joint Operations at the PJHQ, prior to promoting to 4* as Vice Chief of Defence Staff in May 2019. Most recently (2014 to 2017) Sir Tim served as the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Capability and Force Design), focusing on the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. He was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
VICE PATRONS
The Trust currently has three Vice Patrons: Nick Jellicoe, naval author and grandson of Admiral Jellicoe, the founder of the Grand Fleet Fund; Ken Lambert BEM, who was Chair of the Grant Committee from 2010 to 2017 and a Trustee from 2010 to 2018 and Jenny Agutter OBE.