THE WILLIAM AND GRACE TRUST

Registered charity 1085927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust provides relief in cases of need, hardship or distress for serving or former members of the Royal Logistic Corps and others who work with them who are injured whilst undertaking counter terrorist bomb disposal duties and dependant members of RLC members.

Objects

1. TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS SERVING OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS (THE CORPS) AND ITS PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS WHO ARE INJURED WHILST UNDERTAKING OR HAVING UNDERTAKEN OR BEING TRAINED TO UNDERTAKE COUNTER-TERRORIST EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVICE AND BOMB DISPOSAL DUTIES WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS AND THE DEPENDANTS OF SUCH MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS INCLUDING THE DEPENDANTS OF FORMER MEMBERS WHO DIE AS A RESULT OF UNDERTAKING HAVING UNDERTAKEN OR BEING TRAINED TO UNDERTAKE SUCH DUTIES AS AFORESAID AND IF NOT REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION FOR THAT PURPOSE - 2. TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS SERVING OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CORPS AND ITS PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS OR THOSE MEMBERS OF OTHER ARMS AND SERVICES WHO ARE INJURED WHILST PROVIDING OR HAVING PROVIDED OR BEING TRAINED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE TRAINED PERSONS AFORESAID AND THE DEPENDANTS OF SUCH MEMBERS OF FORMER MEMBERS INCLUDING THE DEPENDANTS OF FORMER MEMBERS WHO DIE AS A RESULT OF PROVIDING, HAVING PROVIDED OR BEING TRAINED TO PROVIDE SUCH SUPPORT AS AFORESAID AND IF NOT REQUIRED FOR APPLICATION FOR THAT PURPOSE EITHER THEN -3. TO RELIEVE IN CASES OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS SERVING OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CORPS AND ITS PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS WHO HAVE AT SOME TIME PREVIOUSLY BEEN TRAINED TO UNDERTAKE COUNTER-TERRORIST EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DEVICE AND BOMB DISPOSAL DUTIES AND THE DEPENDANTS OF FORMER MEMBERS WHO DIE AS A RESULT OF BEING OR HAVING BEEN TRAINED AS AFORESAID.

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.

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Registered contact address: Winchester, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £720,295.72, exceeding the trustees' stated target of £500,000 by 2025. The trust reported a net income increase of £16,394.59 against expenditure of £11,000, with no creditors or fundraising costs recorded. The trustees expressed confidence in the trust's ability to meet current and future needs.

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 3 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.

• 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
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIGADIER CHRISTOPHER JOHN MURRAY CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRUCE ALEXANDER MARTIN
• Colonel Jacqueline Powell ADC
• Colonel Steve Smith MBE

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

Operates in: Cyprus · Germany · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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