The Welsh Reserves' and Cadets' Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Analysis

The Welsh Reserves' and Cadets' Charitable Incorporated Organisation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cardiff. It was registered in May 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency and recreation, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Welsh Reserves' and Cadets' Charitable Incorporated Organisation reported income of £40k and spending of £34k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £40k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, The Welsh Reserves' and Cadets' Charitable Incorporated Organisation sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rnas Culdrose Central Fund (£40k), The Gurkha Brigade Association Trust (£41k) and Association of Special Constabulary Officers (£38k).