The Royal Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Trust

Analysis

The Royal Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Royal Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Trust reported income of £184k and spending of £112k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £117k to £184k (+57%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Royal Yorkshire Regiment Benevolent Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Edgar E Lawley Foundation (£184k), Firdous Foundation (£184k) and Squash United Foundation (£184k).