ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS REGIMENTAL MUSEUM TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1202306 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum Trust Ltd maintains a leading international Regimental Museum which portrays the story of over 300 years of service by members of the Royal Welch Fusiliers by displaying a wide range of objects in an informative and attractive manner to the widest possible audience. The display collection is houses in Caernarfon Castle and the reserve collection in Wrexham Museum.

Objects

THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FORMER BRITISH ARMY REGIMENT KNOWN AS THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS (THE "REGIMENT"), IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY (A) ACQUIRING, HOUSING, EXHIBITING, DOCUMENTING, CONSERVING, RESTORING, AND REPAIRING ART, OBJECTS, AND COLLECTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE, AND (B) BY ESTABLISHING, ACQUIRING, MANAGING, AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, LIBRARIES, AND OTHER SUITABLE PREMISES FOR USE FOR SUCH PURPOSE; AND2. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES AND ENCOURAGE RECRUITMENT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS OF THE COLLECTION OR BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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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Latest income
£208k
Latest spending
£189k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £18,691 for the year, with total net assets increasing to £1,017,998. The trustees consider reserves adequate to meet charitable objectives, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: CADW admissions grant
“CADW admissions grant 94,762” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: adequate financial stability and the means for it to meet its charitable objectives for the foreseeable future (held: £998k)
“In the Trustees’ view, the reserves should provide the charity with adequate financial stability and the means for it to meet its charitable objectives for the foreseeable future. The trustees regularly review the amount of reserves that are required to ensure that they are adequate to fulfil the charity's continuing obligations.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment on behalf of related trust
“The Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum Trust Ltd made payments totalling £190 (2024 - £180) on behalf of The Lieutenant Colonel L H Yates Trust” — page 25
“A £10,000 donation was received from The Royal Welch Fusiliers Officers Benevolent Fund (2024 - £10,000).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from related fund
“The Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum Trust Ltd made payments totalling £190 (2024 - £180) on behalf of The Lieutenant Colonel L H Yates Trust” — page 25
“A £10,000 donation was received from The Royal Welch Fusiliers Officers Benevolent Fund (2024 - £10,000).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Consultancy fees to trustee-connected company
“The Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum Trust Ltd made payments totalling £190 (2024 - £180) on behalf of The Lieutenant Colonel L H Yates Trust” — page 25
“A £10,000 donation was received from The Royal Welch Fusiliers Officers Benevolent Fund (2024 - £10,000).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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Operates in: Gwynedd · Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£208k£189k
31/03/2024£21k£1k

Common questions

Is ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS REGIMENTAL MUSEUM TRUST LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £18,691 for the year, with total net assets increasing to £1,017,998. The trustees consider reserves adequate to meet charitable objectives, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.