THE ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT WELFARE FUND

Registered charity 246902 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT, THE COMRADES ASSOCIATION, THE ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT COMRADES ASSOCIATION

To foster esprit de corps among former members of the Royal Hampshire Regiment enabling them to keep in touch with Regimental affairs and with each other. To assist Comrades to obtain suitable employment and to relieve them and/or their dependents, widows or children who are in need, hardship or distress.To produce a report upon the activities and deaths of comrades.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£63k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,882,581, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of maintaining sufficient capital to provide benevolence income at 2004 levels until 2050. The charity reported a net income of £99,766 for the year, driven largely by investment gains, and operates with a small paid staff complement while relying heavily on volunteers.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient capital to provide income for benevolence at the 2004 level until the year 2050 (held: £1.9m)

“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain sufficient capital within the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Military Aid Fund to provide income for benevolence at the 2004 level until the year 2050” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (03/06/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Col Simon Aubrey Craycroft Frere-Cook MBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Amy Stone · trustee of 2 other charities
BRIG TIMOTHY ANDREW LEPEL GLASS · trustee of 2 other charities
Benjamin Vos · trustee of 1 other charity
Brig David Harrison MBE JP DL · trustee of 2 other charities
Helen Potts · trustee of 1 other charity
John Michael Curtis · trustee of 1 other charity
Lt Col Stuart Joseph Nye MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Matthew Fraser Pearce · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£41k	£63k
31/12/2023	£43k	£84k
31/12/2022	£41k	£44k
31/12/2021	£39k	£89k
31/12/2020	£320k	£125k

Common questions

Is THE ROYAL HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT WELFARE FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,882,581, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of maintaining sufficient capital to provide benevolence income at 2004 levels until 2050. The charity reported a net income of £99,766 for the year, driven largely by investment gains, and operates with a small paid staff complement while relying heavily on volunteers. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.