Royal Engineers Association

Analysis

Royal Engineers Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Royal Engineers Association reported income of £1.7m and spending of £2.0m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.7m (+31%), an average of +6.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 117% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Royal Engineers Association sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Age UK Birmingham Limited (£1.7m), Healthcare Infection Society (£1.7m) and European Orthodontic Society (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 59%, investments 27% and trading 10%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £294k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £102k. Reserves of £11.2m would cover about 67 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.