GRENADIER GUARDS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 287265 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of grants to former Grenadiers and their dependants

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE GRENADIER GUARDS AND TO MAINTAIN ITS HISTORY, TRADITIONS AND ESPRIT DE CORPS. TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE REGIMENT AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS.

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: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£212k

Latest spending

£275k

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,818,996, which the trustees consider sufficient and equivalent to roughly 10 years of total expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £172,690 for the year, driven by investment gains and income exceeding expenditure. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The Trustees’ policy is to maintain a level of reserves sufficient to provide a stable platform for the Association’s continuing activities while at the same time ensuring excessive funds are not accumulated. The charity aims to have funds at a level where investment income alone could support the charity, given legacy and donations are expected to reduce over time as branches close. (reserves figure: £2.8m)

“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain a level of reserves sufficient to provide a stable platform for the Association’s continuing activities while at the same time ensuring excessive funds are not accumulated. The charity aims to have funds at a level where investment income alone could support the charity, given legacy and donations are expected to reduce over time as branches close.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity received funding from The Grenadier Guards Charity (Registered charity number 1062257) in the form of an annual grant in the sum of £19,000 (2024: £30,000).

“The charity received funding from The Grenadier Guards Charity (Registered charity number 1062257) in the form of an annual grant in the sum of £19,000 (2024: £30,000).” — page 19

“One Trustee made a donation of £50 (2024: £Nil) to the charity in the period. This donation was made without conditions attatched.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: One Trustee made a donation of £50 (2024: £Nil) to the charity in the period. This donation was made without conditions attatched.

“The charity received funding from The Grenadier Guards Charity (Registered charity number 1062257) in the form of an annual grant in the sum of £19,000 (2024: £30,000).” — page 19

“One Trustee made a donation of £50 (2024: £Nil) to the charity in the period. This donation was made without conditions attatched.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Paying staff
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 65
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 75
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 75
Grant-making is its main activity

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

BRIGADIER DAVID MADDAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Charles Albury Bennett · trustee of 1 other charity
General Sir Charles Walker KCB, DSO · trustee of 1 other charity
Lieutenant General Sir George Pemberton Ross Norton KCVO CBE · trustee of 2 other charities
Major General James Maurice Hannan Bowder OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
The Earl of Derby · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£212k	£275k
31/12/2024	£252k	£281k
31/12/2023	£272k	£322k
31/12/2022	£234k	£295k
31/12/2021	£134k	£177k

Common questions

Is GRENADIER GUARDS ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,818,996, which the trustees consider sufficient and equivalent to roughly 10 years of total expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus of £172,690 for the year, driven by investment gains and income exceeding expenditure. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GRENADIER GUARDS ASSOCIATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GRENADIER GUARDS ASSOCIATION as a grant recipient include THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	FY2023	£5k	Social welfare
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	FY2022	£1k	Social welfare
THE SALISBURY POOL CHARITY COMPRISING THE FIRST MOIETY ESTABLISHED BY CLAUSE 2 OF THE DEED OF DECLARATION DATED 23RD MARCH 1976	FY2024	£100	Social welfare

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/03/2008	£2k	Freedom of the City of Lincoln Celebrations
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/03/2006	£5k	Remembrance visit
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/12/2005	£5k	350th Anniversary
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/11/2004	£5k	Remembrance Service

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
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST	1	£31k
HEDLEY FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GRENADIER GUARDS CHARITY.

THE GRENADIER GUARDS CHARITY income £729k
GAMLEARN income £310k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k
THE GARRARD FAMILY FOUNDATION income £316k
GUARDS' CHAPEL TRUST income £398k
THE BEHRENS FOUNDATION income £120k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GRENADIER GUARDS ASSOCIATION	£212k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE GRENADIER GUARDS CHARITY FY2025	£729k	£70,001 - £80,000	1	above	—	no doubt
GAMLEARN FY2024	£310k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GARRARD FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025	£316k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
GUARDS' CHAPEL TRUST FY2025	£398k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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