THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT BENEVOLENT CHARITY

Registered charity 1085050 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · repeated filing default (register status)

The charity is responsible for the delivery of benevolence to members of the the Royal Anglian Regiment, past and present, and its fore-bearer Regiments veterans for the relief of persons who are in 'need', 'hardship' or 'distress', and the promotion of the efficiency of the Regiment in such charitable ways as the Trustees may decide.

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Latest income

£679k

Latest spending

£764k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2022

Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is not a going concern because it transferred all operations, assets, and liabilities to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 1 January 2023 and will be wound up. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £6,139,354 comfortably exceed the level expected to be required to satisfy objectives for the coming year, despite an overall net expenditure for the period.

Automated summary of the FY2022 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Total income is significantly higher in the 18 month period by 255.4% to £679,312”

Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to enable an increased number of benevolent grants to be paid over the coming six months and to continue to promote the efficiency of The Regiment over the coming twelve months (held: £6.1m)

“The level of reserves expected to be required to satisfy these objectives for the coming year is comfortably exceeded by even the worst case projections of our investment capital and income.”

Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“Given the transfer of all operations, the existing charity will be wound up once these financial statements have been completed and as such the charity is not a going concern so these financial statements have not been prepared on that basis.” — page 16

Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from Oakley Capital Limited, a company connected to trustee Mr D Till.

“During the period the charity received donations totalling £10,260 (2021: £3,000) from Oakley Capital Limited, a company connected to Mr D Till, a trustee.” — page 28

“During the period the charity received donations totalling £1,000 (2021: £nil) from a trustee.” — page 28

Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from a trustee.

“During the period the charity received donations totalling £10,260 (2021: £3,000) from Oakley Capital Limited, a company connected to Mr D Till, a trustee.” — page 28

“During the period the charity received donations totalling £1,000 (2021: £nil) from a trustee.” — page 28

Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of travel expenses to a trustee.

“During the period the charity received donations totalling £10,260 (2021: £3,000) from Oakley Capital Limited, a company connected to Mr D Till, a trustee.” — page 28

“During the period the charity received donations totalling £1,000 (2021: £nil) from a trustee.” — page 28

Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ensors Accountants LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2021) → not a going concern (FY2022).

Comparing this charity’s FY2021 and FY2022 accounts as analysed by this site.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income

£679k

Total spending

£764k

Cost of raising funds

£928

Reserves (reported)

£9.6m

Employees

0

Reported reserves equal ~151.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (18/11/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/05/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (22/05/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Mr David John Tillchair · trustee of 3 other charities
Captain Richard William Howe Colgan
John Wright · trustee of 2 other charities
Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Duncan Weston
Maj Gen Dominic Stead James Biddick MBE MC · trustee of 1 other charity
Major Peter David Connolly
Richard Bredin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	—	—
31/12/2023	—	—
31/12/2022	£679k	£764k
30/06/2021	£270k	£183k
30/06/2020	£296k	£260k

Common questions

Is THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT BENEVOLENT CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2022 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is not a going concern because it transferred all operations, assets, and liabilities to a new Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 1 January 2023 and will be wound up. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of £6,139,354 comfortably exceed the level expected to be required to satisfy objectives for the coming year, despite an overall net expenditure for the period. Its FY2022 accounts were audited by Ensors Accountants LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
UK government	29/03/2022	£35k	OVA Afghanistan Veterans' Fund

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY.

THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY income £403k
THE QUEEN'S ROYAL HUSSARS (THE QUEEN'S OWN AND ROYAL IRISH) REGIMENTAL CHARITY income £296k
THE MERCIAN REGIMENT BENEVOLENT CHARITY income £136k
THE ROYAL LANCERS CHARITABLE TRUST income £231k
PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT (QUEEN'S AND ROYAL HAMPSHIRES) BENEVOLENT FUND income £377k
THE RIFLES BENEVOLENT TRUST income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT BENEVOLENT CHARITY	£679k	—	0	above	—	not going concern
THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY FY2024	£403k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE QUEEN'S ROYAL HUSSARS (THE QUEEN'S OWN AND ROYAL IRISH) REGIMENTAL CHARITY FY2025	£296k	—	0	above	—	not going concern
THE MERCIAN REGIMENT BENEVOLENT CHARITY FY2024	£136k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL LANCERS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£231k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT (QUEEN'S AND ROYAL HAMPSHIRES) BENEVOLENT FUND FY2024	£377k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.