JUST RIFLES CHARITABLE TRUST
Assisting promoting and protecting the health of ex-servicemen who have served in ?The Rifles Regiment' that have been wounded or injured through the provision of facilities equipment or services for their rehabilitation
Objects
A.THE TRUSTEES MUST APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (ÔÇ£THE OBJECTSÔÇØ) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM TO ASSIST PERSONS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN ÔÇŸTHE RIFLES REGIMENTÔÇÖ AND THEIR DEPENDENTS BY ADVANCING ANY PURPOSE WHICH IS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW FOR THE TIME BEING OF ENGLAND AND WALES AT THE ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:-(I) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR INJURED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES EQUIPMENT OR SERVICES FOR THEIR REHABILITATION; AND(II) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR INJURED WHILST PROVIDING SERVICES TO OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH AND IN EITHER CASE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ÔÇŸTHE RIFLES IN AN AREA OF CONFLICT OR WAR AND TO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO THE DEPENDENTS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED.B. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £43,917 for the year ended 30 September 2025, increasing total funds to £302,444. The accounts disclose no tangible fixed assets, investments, or defined-benefit pension schemes. The document structure indicates a policy of holding zero reserves, though a specific monetary target is not explicitly stated in the provided text.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- 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
- 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
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025
- Volunteers: 5
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024
- Volunteers: 5
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023
- Volunteers: 10
- Grant-making is its main activity
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2024 (received 01/08/2025, 2 days after the 30/07/2025 due date); year ending 30/09/2023 (received 26/09/2024, 58 days after the 30/07/2024 due date); year ending 30/09/2021 (received 05/09/2022, 37 days after the 30/07/2022 due date).
Trustees
- BRYAN MYER FUGLER
- Carol Fugler
- Corporal Ricky Furgusson MC
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2025 | £197k | £153k |
| 30/09/2024 | £135k | £184k |
| 30/09/2023 | £222k | £202k |
| 30/09/2022 | £145k | £149k |
| 30/09/2021 | £23k | £24k |
Common questions
Is JUST RIFLES CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £43,917 for the year ended 30 September 2025, increasing total funds to £302,444. The accounts disclose no tangible fixed assets, investments, or defined-benefit pension schemes. The document structure indicates a policy of holding zero reserves, though a specific monetary target is not explicitly stated in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds JUST RIFLES CHARITABLE TRUST?
Funders whose own accounts filings name JUST RIFLES CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | FY2022 | £5k | |
| THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | FY2021 | £5k | Grants and donations - Parenting, the family & children's work |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| LLOYD'S PATRIOTIC FUND | 1 | £90k |
| BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION | 1 | £82k |
| Army Benevolent Fund | 1 | £30k |
| ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND | 1 | £10k |
| THE SUNRISE (SIDMOUTH) CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £9k |
| THE GODINTON CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £3k |
| THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES | 1 | £3k |
| THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £1k |
Charities like this
- THE RIFLES REGIMENTAL TRUST
- THE RIFLES BENEVOLENT TRUST
- ROYAL ARTILLERY CHARITABLE FUND
- THE ROYAL ARTILLERY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
- CARE AFTER COMBAT
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JUST RIFLES CHARITABLE TRUST | £197k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE RIFLES REGIMENTAL TRUST | £574k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE RIFLES BENEVOLENT TRUST | £1.0m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ROYAL ARTILLERY CHARITABLE FUND | £1.8m | — | 0 | above | 0.6% | no doubt |
| THE ROYAL ARTILLERY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST | £701k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION | £11.6m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |