THE REGIMENTAL CHARITY OF THE ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS

Registered charity 1012766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as R D G ASSOCIATION, THE ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

Support for current and ex members of the Regiment and their dependents.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES AND IN PARTICULAR THE ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £55,987 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,001,058 to £1,943,664. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to meet commitments for the foreseeable future and that unrestricted funds remain in excess of the stated reserves policy target. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 handling
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 23/03/2026, 51 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 09/04/2024, 69 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Royal Dragoon Guards Association (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Carr-Smith Esqchair
• David Taylor Smith MBE
• Hugh Campbell Smith
• James Robertson
• Rebecca Jane Mellar
• Shaun Pendry DL
• Simon Moseley
• Thomas Julian Bateman CBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST.

• 1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST income £175k
• THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT CHARITY income £495k
• THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY income £556k
• THE GRENADIER GUARDS CHARITY income £729k
• THE LIGHT DRAGOONS REGIMENTAL CHARITY income £201k
• ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS - ROCHDALE AND DISTRICT BRANCH income £699k

Side by side with its peers

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