THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION CHARITY

Registered charity 1200873 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Military charity supporting the Household Division.

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Latest income

£2.1m

Latest spending

£2.0m

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,979,868, an increase from the previous year's £5,807,345. The charity reported a net income surplus of £809,907 for the group, driven by investment gains, while total expenses were £1,952,921. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to provide a stable base for the charity’s continuing activities while at the same time ensuring excessive funds are not accumulated (held: £6.0m)

“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain a level of reserves sufficient to provide a stable base for the charity’s continuing activities while at the same time ensuring excessive funds are not accumulated.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Guards Museum Enterprises Limited

“The Guards Museum Trust in turn has a wholly owned subsidiary – Guards Museum Enterprises Limited.” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 0 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: GUARDS MUSEUM ENTERPRISES LIMITED Companies House 06461708

GUARDS MUSEUM ENTERPRISES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

Related party transactions and balances with group undertakings are exempt from disclosure under FRS102 section 33.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Household Division Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Total income

£2.1m

Total spending

£2.0m

Cost of raising funds

£709k

Reserves (reported)

£6.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~36.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (48% 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: 33.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Brigadier Mark Simon Peter Berry
DESMOND SHANE SPENCER CHICHESTER · trustee of 3 other charities
James Andrew Campbell Campbell-Johnston
James Maurice Hannan Bowder OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Michael James Foinette · trustee of 2 other charities
Lieutenant Colonel Edward James Paintin

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£2.1m	£2.0m
30/09/2024	£5.3m	£1.6m
30/09/2023	£713k	£643k

Common questions

Is THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £5,979,868, an increase from the previous year's £5,807,345. The charity reported a net income surplus of £809,907 for the group, driven by investment gains, while total expenses were £1,952,921. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EPSOM	1	—
THE JD FOUNDATION	1	£561k
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND	1	£384k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£100k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£27k
HYDE PARK PLACE ESTATE CHARITY	1	£18k
THE ADDERSTONE FOUNDATION	1	£18k
DRAPERS CHARITABLE FUND	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RAF ODIHAM WOS' AND SNCOS' MESS.

RAF ODIHAM WOS' AND SNCOS' MESS income £108k
1692 income £462k
GUARDS' CHAPEL TRUST income £398k
YORK HOUSE OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL income £242k
THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY income £13.7m
THE VETERANS CHARITY income £397k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION CHARITY	£2.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
RAF ODIHAM WOS' AND SNCOS' MESS FY2023	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1692 FY2025	£462k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
GUARDS' CHAPEL TRUST FY2025	£398k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YORK HOUSE OFFICERS' MESS RAF CRANWELL FY2025	£242k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY FY2024	£13.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.