The Grenadier Guards Charity

Analysis

The Grenadier Guards Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Grenadier Guards Charity reported income of £729k and spending of £786k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £433k to £729k (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 135% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Grenadier Guards Charity sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Foundation for Active Community Engagement (£728k), KDC North West (£730k) and Merseyside Play Action Council (£728k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 43%, investments 31%, trading 24% and charitable activities 2.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £150k. Charitable activities took 55% of spending and raising funds 43%. Grants to other organisations totalled £22k. Reserves of £6.6m would cover about 99 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

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.