ROYAL ARTILLERY CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 210202 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting efficiency and welfare of all ranks serving in the Royal Artillery, incl TA. Relief and assistance to past and present members of the Royal Artillery and their dependants who are in need Grants to soldiers and officers, serving or retired who are in need.

Objects

(1) IN PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND WELFARE OF ALL OR ANY MEMBERS OF ALL RANKS SERVING IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY WHETHER REGULAR, SPECIAL RESERVE, RESERVE, OR TEMPORARY; AND(2) IN THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF ALL OR ANY PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE MEMBERS OF ALL RANKS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY WHETHER REGULAR, SPECIAL RESERVE, RESERVE, OR TEMPORARY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS, AND THE FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF ANY DECEASED MEMBER (TOGETHER REFERRED TO AS ‘THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY, THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS’) WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF POVERTY, DISABILITY, SICKNESS, INFIRMITY OR OTHERWISE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £43,976,958, driven by investment gains that offset an excess of expenditure over income. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £27,475,298, which exceed its stated minimum free reserves policy of £23,000,000. The trustees confirm 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

Accounts audited by Saffery 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 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00163205

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Royal Artillery Charitable Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BERSIN, Jem Michael John, Colonel — director, appointed 01/07/2026on trustee list
• JOYCE, David Stuart, Colonel — director, appointed 15/06/2026on trustee list
• FISHER, Keith — director, appointed 15/06/2026on trustee list
• ADAMS, Owen James — director, appointed 26/11/2025on trustee list
• BURCHETT, Rupert James Hendry — director, appointed 26/11/2025on trustee list
• HAIGH, Phillip Ashley, Colonel — director, appointed 23/04/2025on trustee list
• FARRELL, Patrick James, Colonel — director, appointed 15/01/2025not on trustee list
• CUSSANS, William Benedict De Cusance — director, appointed 07/06/2024on trustee list
• HAY, Stuart Ian, Colonel — director, appointed 22/04/2024on trustee list
• FORSTER, Richard Andrew, Colonel — director, appointed 09/10/2023on trustee list
• HOWE, Simon John, Lieutenant Colonel — director, appointed 08/12/2021on trustee list
• POUNTAIN, Mark Nicholas, Brigadier — director, appointed 23/03/2018not on trustee list
• RELPH, Michael David, Colonel — director, appointed 25/10/2017not on trustee list
• CULLEN, David Mark — director, appointed 14/12/2016not on trustee list
• COMPORT, Christopher Eldred — director, appointed 01/12/2016not on trustee list
• BATES, Paul, Colonel — secretary, appointed 21/01/2025

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~75.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Major General David Cullen CB, OBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• BRIGADIER MARK NICHOLAS POUNTAIN CBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• COLONEL CHRISTOPHER COMPORT OBE TD DL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Col Michael Relph MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colonel David Stuart Joyce · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colonel Jem Michael John Bersin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colonel Patrick James Farrell OBE ADC · trustee of 2 other charities
• Colonel Philip Ashley Haigh · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colonel Richard Andrew Forster · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colonel Stuart Ian Hay · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lieutenant Colonel Simon John Howe
• Owen James Adams · trustee of 1 other charity
• RASM Keith Fisher · trustee of 2 other charities
• Rupert James Hendry Burchett · trustee of 2 other charities
• William B de C Cussans

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

Operates in: Germany · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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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 THE ROYAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION.

• THE ROYAL ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION income £277k
• ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION LIMITED income £951k
• THE ROYAL ARTILLERY GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £701k
• ROYAL ARTILLERY MUSEUM income £748k
• THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY income £556k
• THE ROYAL ARTILLERY CENTRE FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT income £104k

Side by side with its peers

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