THE SCOTS GUARDS CHARITY

Registered charity 1174691 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE SCOTS GUARDS · also registered in Scotland as SC048007 (OSCR)

The charities objectives are to assist and provide relief to any serving or former Scots Guardsmen, whether male or female, and their dependants, including but not exclusively, their spouses, partners, widows, widowers and parents (whether or not married) and children, parents or carers or similar persons who are in hardship or distress or need, whether such need is financial or otherwise.

Objects

3 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE 'OBJECTS') ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:3.1.1 TO ASSIST AND PROVIDE RELIEF TO ANY SERVING OR FORMER SERVING OFFICER, WARRANT OFFICER, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER OR GUARDSMAN, WHETHER MALE OR FEMALE, OF THE REGIMENT OF THE SCOTS GUARDS, OR IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES ANY PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE REGIMENT OF THE SCOTS GUARDS, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THEIR SPOUSES, PARTNERS, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND PARENTS (WHETHER OR NOT REMARRIED) AND CHILDREN, PARENTS OR CARERS OR SIMILAR PERSONS WHO ARE IN HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR NEED, WHETHER SUCH NEED IS FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE;3.1.2 TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE THOSE CHARITIES, WHETHER THE SAME BE A MILITARY OR CIVIL CHARITY, WHICH IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE CHARITY DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY BENEFITS THOSE PERSON OR PERSONS REFERRED TO IN 3.1.1 ABOVE OR 3.1.3 BELOW;3.1.3 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE REGIMENT OF THE SCOTS GUARDS IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE; AND3.1.4 TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of negative £78,823 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total funds of £7,895,892. The trustees confirm that free reserves stood at £1,039,875, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £324,935. The charity remains reliant on donations to cover annual welfare spending of over £300k, noting that demand for funds is continually increasing.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Alliotts LLP. Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10596645

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.

• HENWOOD CBE, Stephen Hugh — director, appointed 18/06/2026not on trustee list
• MCKIMM, John Warden — director, appointed 06/05/2026on trustee list
• DALRYMPLE, Andrew — director, appointed 04/02/2025on trustee list
• MCCLELLAND MBE, Neil Alexander, Lt Col — director, appointed 10/05/2021not on trustee list
• LEASK MBE, James Douglas Lowther, Brigadier — director, appointed 25/01/2021not on trustee list
• VAIL, Paul Dominic — director, appointed 27/05/2020on trustee list
• JOYNSON, Michael William — director, appointed 02/02/2017on trustee list
• DUNCAN SMITH, George Iain — director, appointed 02/02/2017not on trustee list
• NICKERSON, George Henry Fagan Stewart — director, appointed 02/02/2017on trustee list
• ROWE, Stuart George, Lt Col (Retd) — secretary, appointed 08/07/2026
• CAPE, Mark Anthony, Major (Retired) — secretary, appointed 02/11/2017

Official officers record.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (79% 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: 16.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/08/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIGADIER GEORGE HENRY FAGAN STEWART NICKERSONchair
• Andrew Dalrymple
• Brigadier James Douglas Lowther Leask MBE
• John Warden McKimm
• Lt Col Neil Alexander McClelland MBE
• Michael William Joynson · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Dominic Vail
• RT HON Sir GEORGE IAIN DUNCAN SMITH MP
• Stephen Henwood CBE

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WELSH GUARDS CHARITY.

• WELSH GUARDS CHARITY income £580k
• GUARDS' CHAPEL TRUST income £398k
• CARE AFTER COMBAT income £973k
• STOCKPORT CARE SCHEMES income £310k
• THE SIR ROBERT GOOCH TRUST income £47k
• THE SERTH AND GATES CHARITY income £336k

Side by side with its peers

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