7TH ARMOURED DIVISION COMMEMORATIVE FUND

Registered charity 1063575 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE DESERT RATS ASSOCIATION, The Friends of the Desert Rats

Our aim is support families and veterans of the 7th Armoured Division, plus 4th and 7th Armoured Brigades (and their descendants) and to ensure our history is not a thing of the past and to educate future generations on the legacy of the British 7th Armoured Division, who fought in the North African Campaign and later Italy and North West Europe during the 1940s conflict and conflicts ever since.

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Latest income

£4k

Latest spending

£9k

Registered

1997

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Trustees · trustee networks

Brigadier RETD James Woodham CBE MC
Brigadier RETD Jonny Bourne OBE
Maj Gen RETD PAUL NANSON CB CBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/01/2025	£4k	£9k
30/01/2024	£7k	£6k
30/01/2023	£30k	£67k
30/01/2022	£85k	£62k
30/01/2021	£20k	£4k

Common questions

Who funds 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION COMMEMORATIVE FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION COMMEMORATIVE FUND as a grant recipient include SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST, THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Iron
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2021	£1k
THE WARWICKSHIRE MASONIC CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2022	£1k
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	FY2023	£-2k	Grant funding of activities

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	19/01/2007	£10k	"This Military Memorial Association Aims To Dismantle A Wwii Nissan Hut And Reassemble It At A Memorial Site. This Will Enable The Group To D"
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/01/2007	£10k	Placing WWI Memerial Site
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	29/03/2005	£786	"This Group Will Use Their Award To Hold A Reunion And A Parade To Celebrate The End Of The Second World War. This Parade Will Include All Ol"
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/03/2005	£5k	Reunion of Desert rats