Royal Artillery Charitable Fund

Analysis

Royal Artillery Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00163205). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Artillery Charitable Fund reported income of £1.8m and spending of £4.4m, spending 249% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.8m (+32%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Royal Artillery Charitable Fund sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gingerbread Family Support Limited (£1.8m), Manchester Settlement (£1.8m) and Action Foundation (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 50% and investments 39%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £326k. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.8m. Reserves of £27.5m would cover about 75 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.