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The Royal Artillery General Charitable Trust

RegisteredRegistered charity number 275558WiltshireGrant-making and general purposes
Income£701k2025-12-31
Spending£701ksame year
Spent / received100%5-year average
Size in its cause94th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1978Trust
Employees0latest return

Analysis

The Royal Artillery General Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in May 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Artillery General Charitable Trust reported income of £701k and spending of £701k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £688k to £701k (+1.9%), an average of +0.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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 Royal Artillery General Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Terraverde (£700k), Al Khidma (£704k) and Greater London Volunteering (£695k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £191 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.

Income and spending

£0£175k£350k£526k£701k2021 Income: £687,6072021 Spending: £687,60720212022 Income: £673,5212022 Spending: £673,52120222023 Income: £678,9922023 Spending: £678,99220232024 Income: £686,0942024 Spending: £686,09420242025 Income: £700,9602025 Spending: £700,9692025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 100%

In the charity's own words

TO PROMOTE AND INCREASE RECRUITMENT EFFICIENCY AND MORALE IN THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY AND ITS MEMBERS WHETHER REGULAR, SPECIAL RESERVE, TERRATORIAL OR TEMPORARY 2) RELIEF OF POVERTY OR DISTRESS AMONG PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE MEMBERS OF ALL RANKS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF ANY DECEASED MEMBER AS AFORESAID

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TerraverdeLondon£700k
Al KhidmaBirmingham£704k
Greater London Volunteering£695k
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