The Royal Irish Regiment Charity

Analysis

The Royal Irish Regiment Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Belfast. It was registered in January 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Royal Irish Regiment Charity reported income of £495k and spending of £1.4m, spending 276% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £100k to £495k (+396%), an average of +49% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 407%. Over the whole period it spent 218% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Royal Irish Regiment Charity sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Albans and District Foodbank (£495k), West Leigh Baptist Church (£496k) and Brunswick Youth and Community Centre (£495k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.