1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST
Grants are made to help promote the efficiency of the Regiment, for the relief in need of all past and present members of the Regiment or its predecessors and their wives and widows, and for the advancement of education in respect of the history of the Regiment.
Objects
1) FOR PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE REGIMENT. 2) FOR THE RELIEF IN NEED (BY MAKING PROVISION FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE) OF ALL PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT OR ITS PREDECESSORS AND ALSO THE WIVES WIDOWS (WHETHER OR NOT REMARRIED) ISSUE OR DEPENDANTS OF SUCH MEMBERS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. 3) FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £111,899 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £3,761,621 to £3,649,722. The trustees confirm that no material uncertainties exist regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity maintains a reserves policy aimed at funding normal activities through annual income and maintaining a contingency reserve.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025
- Volunteers: 11
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024
- Volunteers: 2
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 1
- Grant-making is its main activity
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (27/01/2017)
- Received assets from another charity (27/01/2017)
- Received assets from another charity (27/01/2017)
- Received assets from another charity (27/01/2017)
Trustees
- Colonel Timothy Robert Wilson OBEchair
- ALEXANDER FREDERICK JAMES ROE
- Anthony Frederick Hulton
- Brigadier Alan Richmond OBE
- COLONEL PATRICK JOHN ANDREWS OBE
- David Alexander Warner
- David Huw Way
- JONATHAN DENIS BEATSON-HIRD
- Mark Ashley-Miller
- Robert James Duke Coleridge
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £175k | £184k |
| 31/03/2024 | £190k | £151k |
| 31/03/2023 | £192k | £164k |
| 31/03/2022 | £175k | £115k |
| 31/03/2021 | £142k | £105k |
Common questions
Is 1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £111,899 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £3,761,621 to £3,649,722. The trustees confirm that no material uncertainties exist regarding the entity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity maintains a reserves policy aimed at funding normal activities through annual income and maintaining a contingency reserve. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK government | 29/03/2022 | £35k | OVA Afghanistan Veterans' Fund |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| COLONEL W H WHITBREAD CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £30k |
| THE W A HANDLEY CHARITY TRUST | 1 | £5k |
| THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £2k |
Charities like this
- THE REGIMENTAL CHARITY OF THE ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS
- THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT CHARITY
- PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT (QUEEN'S AND ROYAL HAMPSHIRES) BENEVOLENT FUND
- KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS REGIMENTAL TRUST
- THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY
- THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT CHARITABLE TRUST
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST | £175k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE REGIMENTAL CHARITY OF THE ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS | £84k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT CHARITY | £495k | — | 0 | below | 0.9% | no doubt |
| PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT (QUEEN'S AND ROYAL HAMPSHIRES) BENEVOLENT FUND | £377k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS REGIMENTAL TRUST | £171k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY | £556k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |