The Coldstream Guards Association

Analysis

The Coldstream Guards Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 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 December 2025, The Coldstream Guards Association reported income of £116k and spending of £117k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £127k to £116k (-8.5%), an average of -2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, The Coldstream Guards Association sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Mason Bibby 1981 Trust (£116k), M and C Trust (£116k) and The Danbro Foundation (£116k).

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.