Royal Tank Regiment Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Royal Tank Regiment Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in October 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal Tank Regiment Benevolent Fund reported income of £624k and spending of £404k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £109k to £624k (+474%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 311%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Royal Tank Regiment Benevolent Fund sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 The Teesside Charity (£620k), The William Leech Charity (£625k) and Shine On (£619k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 40%, donations and legacies 36% and investments 23%. Charitable activities took 29% of spending and raising funds 13%. Grants to other organisations totalled £114k. Reserves of £5.4m would cover about 159 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.