1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST

Registered charity 274689 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 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

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of 1ST QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION INCLUDING THE BENEVOLENT FUND (charity 262628) — merger registered 28/03/2017.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£175k
Latest spending
£184k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

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 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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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

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government29/03/2022£35kOVA Afghanistan Veterans' Fund

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE REGIMENTAL CHARITY OF THE ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST THE QUEEN'S DRAGOON GUARDS REGIMENTAL TRUST£175k—0unclear—no doubt
THE REGIMENTAL CHARITY OF THE ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS FY2025£84k—0above—no doubt
THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT CHARITY FY2025£495k—0below0.9%no doubt
PRINCESS OF WALES'S ROYAL REGIMENT (QUEEN'S AND ROYAL HAMPSHIRES) BENEVOLENT FUND FY2024£377k—0above—no doubt
KING'S ROYAL HUSSARS REGIMENTAL TRUST FY2025£171k—0above—no doubt
THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT CHARITY FY2024£556k—0above—no doubt

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