THE LIGHT DRAGOONS REGIMENTAL CHARITY

Registered charity 1041982 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LIGHT DRAGOONS CHARITABLE TRUST

The charity exists to provide support to the members and former members of the Regiment and it's antecedent Regiments by way of offering assisstance to those in need, suffering hardship or distress by way of grants, gifts or payments for services or facilities. preserving the traditions of the Regiments and fostering espirit de corps within the serving Regiment and the Regimental Association.

Objects

(A) THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE REGIMENT; (B) THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF BODIES CONNECTED WITH THE REGIMENT OR THE FORMER REGIMENTS

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £99,904 for the year, driven by total expenditure of £245,869 against incoming resources of £200,554 and investment losses of £54,589. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,207,820, which significantly exceeds its stated cash reserve policy target of £50,000.

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.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/12/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brigadier Angus George Costeker Fair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brigadier Hannah Stoy
• Brigadier Thomas Rupert Mark Robinson
• CHARLES FRYER SEABOURNE MAY
• Captain Jeremy Robert barkes
• Charles Richard RENWICK
• HARRY PATRICK OGDEN
• Lt Colonel Daniel Charles Lenherr
• MICHAEL REED · trustee of 1 other charity
• Major Andrew Henry Roland Chrisp
• Major General James Senior CBE
• Major WILLIAM GURTH PETO
• NICHOLAS MILNE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Sam James Greenwood

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LIGHT DRAGOONS HERITAGE TRUST (MUSEUM OF THE LIGHT DRAGOONS).

• THE LIGHT DRAGOONS HERITAGE TRUST (MUSEUM OF THE LIGHT DRAGOONS) income £33k
• THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY income £556k
• THE REGIMENTAL CHARITY OF THE ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS income £84k
• THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT CHARITY income £495k
• 1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST income £175k
• THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT CHARITABLE TRUST income £235k

Side by side with its peers

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