ROYAL ENGINEERS HEADQUARTER MESS

Registered charity 1202413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RE HQ MESS

The promotion of efficiency of the Armed Forces and in particular the Corps of Royal Engineers.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE EFFICIENCY AND WELL-BEING OF SERVICE PERSONNEL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,996,080, which the Trustees consider consistent with their policy to mitigate potential financial threats and operational shocks. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £107,087 for the year, driven by net income and investment gains, resulting in a healthy financial position with no material uncertainties regarding its 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 Kreston Reeves 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 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 vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIGADIER JAMES WEBSTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• COLONEL GUY CHEESMAN ADC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lieutenant Colonel John Newton

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• BRIGADIER JAMES WEBSTER — trustee here and at ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST
• COLONEL GUY CHEESMAN ADC — trustee here and at ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ROYAL ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TRUST.

• ROYAL ENGINEERS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TRUST income £730k
• ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
• ROYAL ENGINEERS CENTRAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.5m
• THE REME CHARITY income £3.1m
• THE ROYAL ENGINEER YACHT CLUB income £108k
• ENGINEERS AGAINST POVERTY income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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