PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT (QUEEN'S AND ROYAL HAMPSHIRES) BENEVOLENT FUND
To relieve hardship or distress of former and serving members of the Regiment or former members of the former Regiments and their dependants.To promote the efficiency of the Regiment in such ways as the Managing Trustees from time to time see fit.
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £7,309,985, an increase of £518,303 over the previous year, driven by significant gains on investments. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of six months' expenditure, estimated to be in excess of £60,000, against which the unrestricted reserves of £3,471,623 are well above. The charity reports a healthy liquidity position with investments and cash in hand comprising 90.6% of total assets.
What the accounts disclose
“The Trustees seek to maintain free reserves of six months expenditure, which Trustees estimate to be in excess of £60,000.” — page 12
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (18/06/2013)
- Received assets from another charity (18/06/2013)
Trustees
- Major General James Martin OBE DSO MCchair
- Brig Christopher David Davies OBE
- Brigadier Michael David Cornwell OBE
- COLONEL ANTHONY BEATTIE
- COLONEL PATRICK TIMOTHY CROWLEY MBE DL
- Nicholas Burley
- RICHARD JAMES BRADBURN FCA
- Stephen Wall MBE
- Tim Glass
- Timothy Peter Jenkins
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2024 | £377k | £378k |
| 31/12/2023 | £449k | £366k |
| 31/12/2022 | £366k | £361k |
| 31/12/2021 | £436k | £301k |
| 31/12/2020 | £470k | £260k |
Common questions
Is PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT (QUEEN'S AND ROYAL HAMPSHIRES) BENEVOLENT FUND financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total funds of £7,309,985, an increase of £518,303 over the previous year, driven by significant gains on investments. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of six months' expenditure, estimated to be in excess of £60,000, against which the unrestricted reserves of £3,471,623 are well above. The charity reports a healthy liquidity position with investments and cash in hand comprising 90.6% of total assets. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Ltd.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport England | 11/07/2024 | £1k | Team Tiger's Back to Netball Movement Project |
| Sport England | 21/05/2024 | £740 | Team Tigers Netball Summer Training Project |
| UK government | 29/03/2022 | £10k | OVA Afghanistan Veterans' Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/03/2021 | £10k | Veteran's Horticultural Rehabilitation Social and Community Project |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT (QUEEN'S AND ROYAL HAMPSHIRES) BENEVOLENT FUND | £377k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| 1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST | £175k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE MERCIAN REGIMENTAL CHARITY | £274k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT CHARITABLE TRUST | £235k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE RIFLES BENEVOLENT TRUST | £1.0m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE ROYAL LANCERS CHARITABLE TRUST | £231k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |