The Royal Anglian Regiment Benevolent Charity

Analysis

The Royal Anglian Regiment Benevolent Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in February 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2022, The Royal Anglian Regiment Benevolent Charity reported income of £679k and spending of £764k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2021 to December 2022, income grew from £270k to £679k (+152%), an average of +152% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 152%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Royal Anglian Regiment Benevolent Charity sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of the Ascension, Balham Hill (£671k), Age Concern Sandwich Centre for the Retired (£680k) and The Boltini Trust (£669k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 67%, investments 26% and charitable activities 2.7%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £100k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £13k. Reserves of £9.6m would cover about 151 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.