ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1003032 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RECCT

Grant making

Objects

(A)TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS (HEREAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE ROYAL ENGINEERS);(B) TO PROMOTE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION, THE INSTITUTION OF ROYAL ENGINEERS, THE ROYAL ENGINEERS MUSEUM AND THE ROYAL ENGINEERS HEADQUARTER MESS AS LAID DOWN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CHARTERS;(C)TO FOSTER AN ESPRIT DE CORPS IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS;(D)TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY NECESSITOUS PERSONS BEING MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS OR THE DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS BENEFICIAIRIES).

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £64,962 before investment gains, which were substantial at £537,029, resulting in a positive net movement in funds of £476,067. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £10,705,315, exceeding the trustees' stated policy target range of £10 million. The accounts confirm adequate resources and no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~86.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (59% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 14.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Sir Christopher Linley Tickellchair
• BRIGADIER JAMES WEBSTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRIGADIER Jason Ainley
• BRIGADIER SIMON JOHN CARVEL
• COLONEL GUY CHEESMAN ADC · trustee of 1 other charity
• CSM Spencer Eardley
• Col Daniel Hall VR MInstRE · trustee of 1 other charity
• MAJOR GENERAL ALASTAIR DICKINSON CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• MAJOR GENERAL DAVID SOUTHALL CBE
• MAJOR GENERAL ELDON NICHOLAS SOMERVILLE MILLAR MBE
• MAJOR GENERAL NICHOLAS JOHN CAVANAGH
• Major General Peter Rowell · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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