THE ROYAL ARTILLERY CENTRE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Registered charity 1111106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ROYAL ARTILLERY EDUCATION TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS TRUST

Provides accreditation and learning for members of the army, specifically the Royal Artillery.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND IN PARTICULAR THE ROYAL ARTILLERY BY IMPROVING THE COMPETENCIES, PERFORMANCE, MORALE AND RETENTION OF SERVING MILITARY PERSONNEL, MOD CIVIL SERVANTS AND SUPPORT TO VETERANS THROUGH INVOLVEMENT IN NATIONALLY RECOGNISED EDUCATION, TRAINING AND VOCATIONAL SCHEMES.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £435,746 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £2,259,008 to £1,823,262. Despite this loss, the trustees consider the financial position to remain strong, with unrestricted reserves of approximately £1.821 million providing a buffer during a period of reduced operational activity.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05454676

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — RACPD - Royal Artillery Centre for Personal Development (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BERTRAM, Douglas George, Dr — director, appointed 22/09/2026on trustee list
• FISHER, Keith — director, appointed 22/09/2026on trustee list
• MAGEE, Maarten James — director, appointed 22/09/2026on trustee list
• BUTT, David Alexander, Colonel — director, appointed 03/04/2025on trustee list
• ELLISON, Stephen — director, appointed 23/05/2014on trustee list
• HARDMAN, Catherine Louise — secretary, appointed 02/06/2026

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (76% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colonel David Alexander Buttchair
• Dr Douglas Bertram
• Keith Fisher · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maarten James Magee
• Stephen Ellison
• Tanith Alexander

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

Operates in: Devon · Essex · Hampshire · North Yorkshire · Northumberland · West Sussex · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION LIMITED.

• ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION LIMITED income £951k
• ROYAL ARTILLERY CHARITABLE FUND income £1.8m
• THE ROYAL ARTILLERY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £701k
• ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM income £748k
• ROYAL FEMALE SCHOOL OF ART FOUNDATION income £215k
• THE ROYAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION income £277k

Side by side with its peers

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