The Royal Signals Charity

Analysis

The Royal Signals Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in June 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal Signals Charity reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.8m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.3m to £1.5m (+17%), an average of +3.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Royal Signals Charity sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sharei Chesed (London) (£1.5m), Voice4change England Limited (£1.5m) and The Isaiah Project (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 68%, charitable activities 29% and investments 3.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £61k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 2.3%. Grants to other organisations totalled £743k. Reserves of £3.9m would cover about 25 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.

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.