THE SHROPSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY COMBINED CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1128364 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KINGS SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY AND HEREFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY COMBINED CHARITABLE TRUST

The promotion of the efficiency of The Rifles, its Regimental Associations and support for the Cadet Force Detachments in Shropshire and Herefordshire affiliated to the Regiment. The Charity assists those members of the Regiment and former regiments and their families who cannot be helped through other charitable funds.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE REGIMENT (THE RIFLES AND ANY SUCCESSOR REGIMENT INCLUDING ANY TERRITORIAL ARMY UNIT OF THE RIFLES OR ANY SUCCESSOR REGIMENT OPERATING IN SHROPSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE); 2. TO SUPPORT CADET FORCE DETACHMENTS IN SHROPSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE AFFILIATED TO THE REGIMENT; AND3. TO COMMEMORATE AND REMEMBER THOSE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT AND FORMER REGIMENTS (ANY PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT OF THE REGIMENT AND ANY TERRITORIAL ARMY UNIT ASSOCIATED WITH THE FORMER REGIMENTS) WHO HAVE DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE; AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY SUCH PERSONSIN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT; AND4. TO RELIEVE MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT OR FORMER REGIMENTS HAVING AN AFFILIATION TO SHROPSHIRE OR HEREFORDSHIRE WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS OR OLD AGE.

Area of benefit: THROUGHOUT ENGLAND AND WALES

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an excess of income over expenditure of £1,249.28 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Total income received was £25,319.33, while total expenditure amounted to £24,070.05. The filing was certified as correct on 6 January 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• MAJOR NIGEL ANTHONY DE COURCY JONESchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Carney · trustee of 2 other charities
• CAPT NICHOLAS VAZQUEZ
• HUGH WILLIAM GRANT PATTERSON JP BA · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN GALLIERS
• John Harris
• MAJOR DENNIS REGINALD CROOK MBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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