The Royal Lancers Museum Trust

Analysis

The Royal Lancers Museum Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Grantham. It was registered in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Lancers Museum Trust reported income of £50k and spending of £53k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £46k to £50k (+8.0%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Royal Lancers Museum Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 14 Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare) President of the Regimental Institute (Pri) Fund (£49k), Ra Mess, Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill (£52k) and Safer Greenwich (£47k).