ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY FACTORY
Registered charity 225348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY FACTORY LIMITED
The creation of paid, meaningful employment opportunities for ex-Service people, primarily disabled, together with their disabled dependants and widows/widowers.
Causes: Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that free reserves of £2.35m are below the stated policy target of £1 million, although the Board considers this sufficient to support operations. The charity reported a net deficit for the year, driven by planned investments in services and high property refurbishment costs, but maintains a strong asset base including £23.985m in investment property.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Pension scheme deficit: £24k
“Other creditors include £23,780 of pension liability to personal pension plans (2024: £23,255).” — page 55
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Poppy Factory (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.
- TAYLOR-JENKINS, Rachael Louise — director, appointed 22/02/2024on trustee list
- HODGSON, Martin Richard — director, appointed 15/08/2023on trustee list
- WORRELL, Larry Brian — director, appointed 26/04/2023on trustee list
- HODGETTS, Timothy John, Doctor — director, appointed 28/04/2021not on trustee list
- COSTELLO, Linda Janette — director, appointed 27/11/2020on trustee list
- HUBBARD, Matthew Edward Jack — director, appointed 31/01/2020on trustee list
- KETT, Alistair James — director, appointed 23/11/2018on trustee list
- WISHART, Andrew Ian Fergusson — director, appointed 13/07/2018on trustee list
- KALIDINDI, Sridevi, Dr — director, appointed 01/04/2018on trustee list
- TAYLOR, Simon Anthony — director, appointed 24/11/2017on trustee list
- DARE, Clifford Roderick Stanton — director, appointed 24/11/2017not on trustee list
- SHORT, John Jeffrey — secretary, appointed 01/10/2019
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
6 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (6 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (42% 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: 23.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (02/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Alistair James Kett
- Andrew Ian Fergusson Wishart
- CLIFFORD RODERICK STANTON DARE MBE
- Dr Sridevi Kalidindi
- Larry Brian Worrell
- Linda Janette Costello
- Martin Richard Hodgson
- Matthew Edward Jack Hubbard
- Professor Timothy John Hodgetts CB CBE DL · trustee of 1 other charity
- Rachael Louise Taylor-Jenkins
- Simon Anthony Taylor
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Northern Ireland · Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY FACTORY financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves of £2.35m are below the stated policy target of £1 million, although the Board considers this sufficient to support operations. The charity reported a net deficit for the year, driven by planned investments in services and high property refurbishment costs, but maintains a strong asset base including £23.985m in investment property. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.
Who funds ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY FACTORY?
Funders whose own accounts filings name ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY FACTORY as a grant recipient include MOONDANCE FOUNDATION, THE ANTHONY AND ELIZABETH MELLOWS CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE ASTOR FOUNDATION, THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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