The Coldstream Guards Charity

Analysis

The Coldstream Guards Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2021, 5 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. 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 September 2025, The Coldstream Guards Charity reported income of £517k and spending of £574k, spending 111% of what it took in. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Coldstream Guards Charity sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Islington People's Rights (£516k), Project Seventeen (£517k) and Friends of Gur Foundation Israel (£516k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 46%, donations and legacies 34% and charitable activities 11%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £47k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 8.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £313k. Reserves of £6.3m would cover about 124 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.