THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY

Registered charity 1200816 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides benevolent assistance to members and former members of the Regiment and their dependants who are in need and makes grants to individuals and units within the Regiment to promote military efficiency. It supports the upkeep of Regimental memorials and chapels and maintains the Regimental chattels. It provides support and assistance to service leavers, veterans and families.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO (A) ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS; AND (B) ARE SERVING OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT OR FORMER REGIMENTS OR THE DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS AND THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICENCY OF THE REGIMENT IN SUCH CHARITABLE WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.

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: West Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,663,696, which the Trustees consider comfortably exceeds the level required to meet future benevolence and regimental efficiency objectives. Although the charity reported a net deficit for the period due to a significant impairment loss on its Silver asset, the overall net assets remain substantial at £9,366,150. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ensors. Discloses 5 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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)

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2025 (received 11/11/2026, 11 days after the 31/10/2026 due date); year ending 31/12/2024 (received 18/11/2025, 18 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 19/03/2025, 139 days after the 31/10/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Royal Anglian Regiment Charity (matched by registered charity number).

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

Reported reserves equal ~99.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David John Tillchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Captain Richard William Howe Colgan
• John Wright · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Duncan Weston
• Maj Gen Dominic Stead James Biddick MBE MC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Major Peter David Connolly
• Major Stephen Card TD · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rich Bredin
• Tim Newton

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 ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT BENEVOLENT CHARITY.

• THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT BENEVOLENT CHARITY income £679k
• THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT CHARITY income £495k
• THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT CHARITABLE TRUST income £235k
• THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT BENEVOLENT TRUST income £184k
• ROYAL ARTILLERY CHARITABLE FUND income £1.8m
• THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF FUSILIERS AID SOCIETY income £311k

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