RMA - The Royal Marines Charity

What RMA - The Royal Marines Charity does

RMA - The Royal Marines Charity is the formally recognised welfare charity for the Royal Marines Corps, operating as a UK-registered charity (1134205 England/Wales, SC048185 Scotland) and a charitable company limited by guarantee (07142012) since 1946. The organisation delivers support across seven programme pillars - mental health, grants, transition, Armed Forces Compensation Scheme/War Pensions advocacy, addiction, funeral assistance, and membership - to serving personnel, veterans, and their dependants, entirely free of charge at the point of use.

Operationally, RMA runs from its headquarters co-located at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines in Lympstone, Devon, with additional offices in Portsmouth, Plymouth, London, and Arbroath. It employs 55 staff and coordinates approximately 45 Support Volunteers embedded in the RM community. The leadership team is headed by CEO Matt Jackson DSO, a former Royal Marines officer with 30 years of service. Recent product and partnership extensions include the RMA Debit Card (with Currensea and Mastercard) and the Lifting The Lid mental health awareness initiative, alongside operational partnerships with NHS, SSAFA, Help for Heroes, Royal British Legion, Royal Canadian Legion, and Veterans-UK.

The business model is donation-funded: RMA raises income from members, the public, and institutional funders and provides all services free to beneficiaries. There is no fee-for-service revenue stream within the charity itself, though the co-branded debit card creates an indirect donation channel via partner interchange. Geographic expansion into Scotland and Northern Ireland, the cross-border arrangement with the Royal Canadian Legion, and the recent Transformation-Collaboration project role indicate an organisation investing in reach, partnerships, and internal capability rather than undergoing a strategic pivot.

Name

RMA - The Royal Marines Charity

Legal name

RMA – The Royal Marines Charity

Website

https://rma-trmc.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

RMA - The Royal Marines Charity is a UK-registered charity (founded 1946) providing free welfare, mental health, grants, transition, and advocacy support to serving and retired Royal Marines and their families across seven programme pillars, funded by donations and operating from five UK offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Veterans Welfare Charity Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Veterans Affairs & Military Family Services (BPAIAHAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Veterans & Military Family Benefits Administration (BPAIAKAI), Veterans & Military-to-Civilian Transition Programs (EDAAAOAH)

Keywords

• Veteran welfare services
• Military family support
• Mental health charity
• Armed forces advocacy
• Grants benevolence

Headquarters

HQ city

Exmouth

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The charity receives voluntary donations from the public and supporters. They run fundraising campaigns, community fundraising events, and major events to generate charitable income.
2. Legacy Gifts: The charity receives legacy gifts through supporters leaving bequests in their Wills. They offer free Will writing services to encourage legacy giving.
3. Shop Sales: Royal Marines Shop operates as a separate entity selling merchandise, with RMA benefiting from this relationship.

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

RMA - The Royal Marines Charity delivers lifelong welfare, health and wellbeing support to serving and retired Royal Marines personnel and their dependants across the UK. Its core offering is organised around seven pillars: mental health and wellbeing (including the "Lifting The Lid" initiative), financial grants and benevolence, AFCS and War Pensions claims advocacy (including Tribunal representation), transition support for service leavers, addiction intervention, funeral support, and a Royal Marine Association membership programme. All services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries.

Product overview

RMA – The Royal Marines Charity operates a unified digital support platform that serves the entire Royal Marines family. The core offering is a comprehensive charity website and member portal that delivers health and wellbeing support, financial assistance (grants and benevolence), mental health services, transition support for service leavers, AFCS and War Pensions advisory services, membership management, and fundraising tools. The organization also offers a debit card in partnership with Currensea and Mastercard. The platform is complemented by a case management system for tracking beneficiary support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Lifting The Lid: Mental health support initiative offered by the charity
• RMA Debit Card

Products and services

• Health & Wellbeing Support Service

Quantifiable outcome

• £10,000 grant provided for adapted vehicle
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Royal British LegioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRMA received referrals from Royal British Legion and worked together on case for Bob Leefmans, collaborating on grant-making process for adapted vehicle.
• Help for Heroes (H4H)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with H4H on Bob Leefmans case, providing £10,000 grant towards adapted vehicle as part of joint support.
• Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services LeaguecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRMA liaised with Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League to arrange a visit from Royal Canadian Legion caseworker for Josh Pelland in Canada.
• Royal Canadian LegioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRoyal Canadian Legion caseworker completed full assessment of needs for veteran Josh Pelland, enabling RMA to provide appropriate support.
• NHScoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRMA works alongside NHS to ensure best possible outcomes for beneficiaries, particularly in mental health support referrals.
• SSAFAcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRMA works with SSAFA caseworkers to almonise grants and provide the best possible support to the Royal Marines Family.
• Veterans-UK / MOD Defence Business ServicescoreOthersVeterans-UK, part of the MOD's Defence Business Services, administers the AFCS scheme that RMA helps beneficiaries navigate.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Emerging players

• Walking With The Wounded: UK charity supporting the employment, mental health, and wellbeing of veterans including those with physical injuries. Comparable in scale and beneficiary focus (wounded veterans, transition, mental health), with a more employment-skewed delivery model than RMA.

Broad incumbents

• SSAFA: Long-established UK military charity providing welfare support across the whole Armed Forces. RMA partners with SSAFA caseworkers to almonise grants. SSAFA's broader beneficiary scope and caseworker network make it a natural operational peer despite RMA's Royal-Marines-specific remit.
• Royal British Legion: The UK's largest military charity, serving the entire Armed Forces community. RMA works jointly with RBL on beneficiary cases. Significantly larger fundraising scale and broader beneficiary pool, but overlapping service categories (grants, welfare advice, mental health, poppy-funded benevolent support).

Regional players

• Poppyscotland: Scotland-focused arm of the Royal British Legion movement, delivering welfare support to Scottish Armed Forces veterans and families. Comparable in beneficiary focus and welfare delivery model, but constrained to Scotland — relevant given RMA's Scottish registration and Condor Barracks (Arbroath) operations.

Direct peers

• Help for Heroes: Major UK military charity providing recovery and welfare support to wounded British service personnel and veterans. Comparable in its focus on wounded/injured/sick veterans, mental health support, and grants for adapted equipment; documented RMA collaboration partner on cases like Bob Leefmans.
• Royal Air Forces Benevolent Fund: The Royal Air Force's leading welfare charity, providing financial, emotional, and practical support to RAF personnel and veterans. Direct functional peer to RMA within the RAF community — same single-Service welfare model, grants, mental health, and transition support.
• Combat Stress: UK's leading specialist mental health charity for veterans, focused on PTSD, anxiety, and depression treatment. Directly comparable to RMA's Lifting The Lid mental health pillar and Clinical Psychotherapy Lead role, though Combat Stress operates clinical treatment centres vs. RMA's referral-and-grant model.
• ABF The Soldiers' Charity: The British Army's national charity providing financial grants and welfare support to soldiers, veterans, and their families. Structurally analogous to RMA but serving the Army community — comparable funding model (donations, legacies), beneficiary support pillars, and regimental-charity positioning.
• Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC): Sister charity of RMA, dedicated to supporting the entire Naval Service family including Royal Marines. Closest direct peer given overlapping beneficiary base, identical service pillars (mental health, grants, transition), and shared brand affiliation. RNRMC actually has a Trustee nomination seat on RMA's board.

Others

• Veterans' Foundation: UK funder that distributes grants to smaller veteran-focused charities. Operates as an ecosystem enabler — provides funding pipelines to organisations like RMA rather than delivering direct welfare services, but is structurally relevant as a potential funding partner.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/theRMcharity
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCIrT4_fC1ZrpKW_YCMSBJFQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheRMCharity
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/thermcharity
• Instagraminstagram.com/thermcharity

Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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