THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 256143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C Y R A

The objects of the Association are as follows: (a) To maintain and promote a fellowship and association between past and present members of the Cheshire Yeomanry. (b) To promote the welfare of past and present members of the Cheshire Yeomanry and to provide an organisation and means of relief in cases of hardship or distress among members. (c) To provide an organisation to represent and safeguard

Objects

TO MAINTAIN AND PROMOTE A FELLOWSHIP AND ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT. TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT AND TO PROVIDE ORGANISATION AND MEANS OF RELIEF IN CASES OF HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONG MEMBERS (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE RULES)

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£13k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus before investment gains of £19,715 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a 4.4% increase in net assets to £537,561. The trustees note that the Association has no regular or guaranteed sources of income but retains funds in reserves to cover anticipated future expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view without identifying any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Cheshire Yeomanry Regimental Association (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Colonel Peter Marshall Cooper TDchair
Brig Christopher John Ledsham · trustee of 1 other charity
CAPTAIN CLIVE MARK HODGKINSON VR
COLONEL NIGEL LYSAGHT HILL
Colonel Nicholas Charles Glazebrook
David Andrew Dodd
James Richard Compston TD · trustee of 1 other charity
Major Rupert William Nield Collis
Major Steven Paul Holland
Major William Nigel Wynne Bankes
Neil Andrew Benjamin Clegg
Philip Hammond

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Derbyshire · Flintshire · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£32k	£13k
31/03/2024	£16k	£10k
31/03/2023	£21k	£28k
31/03/2022	£27k	£29k
31/03/2021	£10k	£6k

Common questions

Is THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus before investment gains of £19,715 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a 4.4% increase in net assets to £537,561. The trustees note that the Association has no regular or guaranteed sources of income but retains funds in reserves to cover anticipated future expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view without identifying any material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
Cheshire West Voluntary Action	1	£27k
EARL OF CHESTER'S FUND	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE QUEEN'S OWN YEOMANRY REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION.

THE QUEEN'S OWN YEOMANRY REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION income £29k
KENT AND SHARPSHOOTERS YEOMANRY ASSOCIATION income £32k
CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY CIO income £1.2m
CHESHIRE COMMUNITY COUNCIL income £1.3m
CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY income £232k
LAYMEN'S EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP UK income £221k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CHESHIRE YEOMANRY REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE QUEEN'S OWN YEOMANRY REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KENT AND SHARPSHOOTERS YEOMANRY ASSOCIATION FY2025	£32k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHESHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY CIO FY2025	£1.2m	—	above	—	no doubt
CHESHIRE COMMUNITY COUNCIL FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHESHIRE FREEMASONS' CHARITY FY2025	£232k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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