THE REGIMENTAL AND CHATTELS CHARITY OF THE FORMER DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY

Registered charity 1174128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education though the establishment and maintenance of a Museum to hold and display artefacts, items and collections connected with the armed services and particular the former Durham Light Infantry. Promotion of the military efficiency of Reserve Army units based in County Durham. Looking after memorials to the Durham Light Infantry and its members.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are:1) The advancement of education for the public benefit by the holding and provision of artefacts, items and collections, connected to or associated with the armed services and in particular the former Durham Light infantry, and the facilitation of the display and exhibition of the same in such manner as the trustees of the CIO from time to time think fit.2) The promotion and efficiency of the armed forces of the Crown, including through:(a) Promoting the military efficiency of the Army Reserve units as are from time to time based in the County of Durham, by improving facilities and amenities of training and service; (b) Creating repairing and maintaining memorials commemorating the deeds of the Durham Light Infantry or the names of its members; (c) Making grants:(i) to the Rifles Benevolent Trust, as renamed or amalgamated into such other charitable organisations from time to time; (ii) towards the upkeep of the Durham Light Infantry Chapel in Durham Cathedral and the Memorial Garden in the Cathedral precincts; and(iii) to public museums relating to British military forces3.1.3 The advancement of culture and heritage related to the armed services, in particular in upholding the traditions of the former Durham Light Infantry and of perpetuating its deeds.

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: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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• Received assets from another charity (15/03/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (29/11/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colonel Harry Edward Shields MBEchair
• Brigadier - Retired Paul Joseph Andrew Baker OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christian Hugh Stuart Swinburne LLB Hons · trustee of 2 other charities
• Colonel Stephen John Hopper TD
• Dr KEITH JOHN BARTLETT Ph D BSc
• Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Hugh Ward
• Lieutenant Colonel DARYL DOWDALL
• Lieutenant Colonel Timothy John Harris MBE
• Major Benjamin John Dyer
• Major David Hamilton MSc
• Major General CHARLES SEYMOUR COLLINS DSO OBE
• Professor Richard Scothon JP

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Operates in: Durham

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