Royal Warrant Holders' Charity

Registered charity 255961 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ROYAL WARRANT HOLDERS ASSOCIATION CHARITY FUND

The Royal Warrant Holders' Charity was established in 1897 to support the charitable activities of RWHA members. RWHA Companies or their employees can apply for up to £3,000 for a local charity they are involved with for specific items, activities or projects. Match funding is encouraged by the company. For more info, please visit https://www.royalwarrant.org

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Latest income
£116k
Latest spending
£126k
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £424,043, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources before investment gains of £10,389, offset by investment gains of £22,498. Governance costs were explicitly stated as £4,779.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds... sufficient... to continue to make grants at a rate at least consistent with previous years (held: £424k)
“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds in order to facilitate the maintenance of the Charity’s investment portfolio at a level that will enable it to generate income sufficient for it to continue to make grants at a rate at least consistent with previous years.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Royal Warrant Holders Charity Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£116k£126k
31/12/2024£126k£122k
31/12/2023£171k£131k
31/12/2022£116k£217k
31/12/2021£277k£119k

Common questions

Is Royal Warrant Holders' Charity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £424,043, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a net outgoing of resources before investment gains of £10,389, offset by investment gains of £22,498. Governance costs were explicitly stated as £4,779. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE REGAL TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Royal Warrant Holders' Charity£116k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REGAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025£658k—0unclear—no doubt
ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION LIMITED FY2025£951k—0above—no doubt
THE PRINCESS ANNE'S CHARITIES FY2025£237k—0unclear—no doubt
WHITWORTH SCHOLARSHIP'S FUND FY2025£280k—0above—no doubt
THE LEAGUE OF FRIENDS OF THE ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS (BATH) FY2025£1.7m—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.