The Friends of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment

Analysis

The Friends of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halifax. It was registered in March 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Friends of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment reported income of £16k and spending of £28k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £16k to £16k (-1.2%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 513%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Friends of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnwood Reading Room CIO (£16k), Penzance Unit 267 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£16k) and Berrick and Roke Village Hall CIO (£16k).