Welsh Guards Charity

Analysis

Welsh Guards Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Welsh Guards Charity reported income of £580k and spending of £620k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £349k to £580k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Welsh Guards Charity sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ngoko Charitable Trust (£579k), UK Friends of Yad Yisroel Incorporating Sponsor a Meal Foundation (£580k) and Carers Together Foundation (£579k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 44%, donations and legacies 32% and trading 20%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £40k. Charitable activities took 83% of spending and raising funds 11%. Grants to other organisations totalled £111k. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 19 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 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.