Royal Army Chaplains' Department Association

Analysis

Royal Army Chaplains' Department Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Monxton Road. It was registered in March 1970, 56 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 and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Royal Army Chaplains' Department Association reported income of £27k and spending of £32k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income fell from £57k to £27k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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 Army Chaplains' Department Association sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bissill Charitable Trust (£27k), The S and F Goodman Trust (£27k) and The Linnet Trust (£27k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.