THE RIFLES BENEVOLENT TRUST

Registered charity 1119071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve serving of former members of the Regiment or former members of the forming regiments or the dependents of such persons who are in need by virtue of financial hardship, sickness or old age.

Objects

TO RELIEVE SERVING OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE FORMING REGIMENTS OR THE DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS OR OLD AGE; ANDTO RELIEVE OTHER PERSONS WHO (IN THE TRUSTEES’ OPINION) PROVIDE HELP OR SUPPORT TO MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT OR FORMER MEMBERS OF FORMING REGIMENTS AND WHO ARE THEMSELVES IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, OLD AGE OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports total funds carried forward of £27,963,372, with unrestricted funds amounting to £21,352,405. The accounts state that the going concern assumption remains appropriate and the independent auditors have not identified any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficit.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MC Audit Limited. 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.

• 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
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 07/11/2024, 7 days after the 31/10/2024 due date); year ending 31/12/2022 (received 24/11/2023, 24 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (56% 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: 7.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SIMON CHARLES HAZLITTchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Brigadier James Michael Henry Allen OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brigadier Matthew Baker
• Captain Adrian Matthew Hinks · trustee of 2 other charities
• Colonel Ralph Graham Arundell · trustee of 2 other charities
• Henry Charles Steel · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lieutenant Colonel Peter James Alexander Balls OBE · trustee of 2 other charities
• Major General Daniel Reeve MC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Charlotte Maciejewska · trustee of 2 other charities
• Robert Charles Reynolds · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RIFLES REGIMENTAL TRUST.

• THE RIFLES REGIMENTAL TRUST income £574k
• THE RIFLES OFFICERS' FUND income £39k
• JUST RIFLES CHARITABLE TRUST income £197k
• THE RELIEF TRUST income £39k
• THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT BENEVOLENT TRUST income £184k
• THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS AID SOCIETY income £311k

Side by side with its peers

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