THE ROYAL MILITARY POLICE CENTRAL BENEVOLENT FUND

Charity number: 248713
Charity reporting is up to date (33 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Maintain the efficiency and esprit de corps of The Royal Military Police (RMP); providing financial assistance to any serving or former member of The RMP and their dependants; and making financial grants to any charity, which benefits persons or dependants of persons who are serving or who have served in The RMP.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £269,663
Total expenditure: £266,137

People

6 Trustee(s)

1 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Australia
  • Belize
  • Canada
  • Cyprus
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Guernsey
  • India
  • Ireland
  • Jersey
  • New Zealand
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 July 1966: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • R M P C B F (Working name)
  • THE CORPS OF MILITARY POLICE (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Brigadier Sarah Louise Pringle-Smith Chair 16 June 2023
None on record
Warrant Officer Class One James Radcliffe Trustee 30 August 2024
THE ROYAL MILITARY POLICE MUSEUM TRUST
Received: 33 days late
Colonel David Dray MBE Trustee 30 June 2024
None on record
Robert Arthur Potts Trustee 23 May 2022
None on record
Jayne Bratton Trustee 08 January 2020
None on record
Brigadier Maurice Nugent CBE Trustee 12 March 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £275.02k £249.86k £258.70k £282.77k £269.66k
Total expenditure £278.00k £260.85k £264.58k £301.57k £266.14k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 07 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 05 March 2025 33 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 23 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 30 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 14 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 15 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 20 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 14 December 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 13 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

SCHEME DATED 19 JUNE 1998. as amended on 25 Jan 2019

Charitable objects

I) TO MAINTAIN AND INCREASE THE MILITARY EFFICIENCY AND ESPRIT DE CORPS OF THE ROYAL MILITARY POLICE. 2) TO RELIEVE THE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OF BENEFICIARIES.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WORLDWIDE

Contact information

Address:
RHQ RMP
The Old Stables (Postal Point 38)
SOUTHWICK PARK
FAREHAM
HAMPSHIRE
PO17 6EJ
Phone:
02392284206
Email:
cbf@rhqrmp.org
Website:

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