THE ROYAL ENGINEERS MUSEUM CIO

Registered charity 1211021 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL ENGINEERS MUSEUM

We collect, conserve and communicate the history of the Royal Engineers, exploring 300 years of history at the home of military ingenuity in Medway, Kent. The story is told to our wide audience through permanent galleries, exhibitions, STEM and history learning and community programming. Working with the RE family we develop the Collection to tell a continuing story of service and courage.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free/unrestricted reserves were negative at -£59,689, a decrease from the previous year's -£51,766, due to large amounts held in designated funds and fixed assets. Total net assets decreased by £85,365 to £1,514,595, despite investment gains of £99,914. The trustees and auditors confirm that the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 6.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/05/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maj Gen David William Southall CBEchair
• Col Donald Leslie Deacon Bigger
• Col Guy Stuart Cheesman ADC
• Cora Constantin
• Dr Gabriella Poppy Valentine Howell
• Fraser Norwood
• Helen Marie Gower
• Paul James Brooks
• ROBIN COLE-HAMILTON
• Sir George Jessel DL · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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