THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

Registered charity 219279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH LEGION, POPPY APPEAL, THE LEGION, THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION (CORPORATE BODY)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Royal British Legion reported an operating deficit of £9.1 million before investment gains, resulting in a net surplus of £12.4 million after significant investment returns. The charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £105.7 million, which exceeds its stated minimum target of £85 million, and the Trustees confirm the organization is a going concern with sufficient resources to meet liabilities as they fall due.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Deloitte LLP.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Royal British Legion (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Postcode Lottery

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

• Halsey House: Requires improvement (04/04/2023) · CQC record
• Galanos House: Outstanding (13/11/2025) · CQC record
• Lister House: Good (27/11/2018) · CQC record
• Maurice House: Good (23/09/2025) · CQC record
• Mais House: Good (20/05/2023) · CQC record
• Dunkirk Memorial House: Outstanding (03/01/2019) · CQC record

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/06/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (02/06/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (30/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (14/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Lynda Atkins DLchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Becks Buckingham
• DEBBIE SORKIN MA MBA
• ELIZABETH BUTLER
• Helen Owen · trustee of 1 other charity
• James Lambert
• Jan Buxton
• John Thornhill
• Major James Sibbald · trustee of 1 other charity
• Monica Risam
• Neil James
• PAUL HARRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul Astruc
• Paul Lincoln
• Philip Davies
• Steven Lee

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

Operates in: Belgium · Belize · Brazil · Chile · Cyprus · Falkland Islands · Fiji · France · Germany · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Hong Kong

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 BRITISH LEGION POPPY FACTORY.

• ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY FACTORY income £4.8m
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• The Royal Signals Charity income £1.5m
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• THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY income £403k
• ROYAL COMMONWEALTH EX-SERVICES LEAGUE income £3.0m