THE RIFLES AND THE ROYAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION

Charity number: 1038526
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Promoting Army efficiency by: contact between past and present members of The Rifles, the RGBW its forming and antecedent regts; fostering esprit de corps; and, addressing hardship. This is exercised by: promoting past deeds; encouraging museums and their day to day operation; making grants to 1054647, the Regimental Trust; support to memorials; and, observing other powers within the Constitution.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2022

Total income: £188
Total expenditure: £41,244

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Bracknell Forest
  • Bristol City
  • Gloucestershire
  • Isle Of Wight
  • Reading
  • Slough
  • South Gloucestershire
  • West Berkshire
  • Wiltshire
  • Windsor And Maidenhead

Governance

Registration history:
  • 09 June 1994: Standard registration
  • 23 September 2022: Removed (Transfer of funds)
  • 23 September 2022: Funds transferred to 1119061 THE RIFLES REGIMENTAL TRUST
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION OF THE ROYAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE REGIMENT (Previous name)
  • THE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION OF THE RIFLES AND THE ROYAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE REGIMENT (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2018 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022
Total gross income £22.93k £22.26k £19.03k £11.33k £188
Total expenditure £51.31k £96.21k £45.38k £425.56k £41.24k
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 2022 21 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 28 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 04 February 2021 4 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2019 28 January 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2019 Not Required

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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 14 APRIL 1994 AS AMENDED 1 JUNE 1996, 5 JULY 1998 AND 20 MARCH 1999. AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 31 MAR 2017 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 30 JUN 2017

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE RIFLES AND THE ROYAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE REGIMENT ASSOCIATION ("THE ASSOCIATION" AND "THE OBJECTS") ARE TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY BY: (A) MAINTAINING CONTACT BETWEEN PAST OR PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE RIFLES ("THE REGIMENT") AND THE ROYAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE REGIMENT ("RGBW"), THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT (28TH AND 61ST), THE ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT (PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES'S), THE WILTSHIRE REGIMENT (DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S), THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH'S ROYAL REGIMENT (BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE) AND THE ROYAL GLOUCESTERSHIRE, BERKSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY ("THE FORMER REGIMENTS"), FOSTERING MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP AND PROVIDING SOCIAL GATHERINGS FOR THEM; (B) FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS, COMRADESHIP AND WELFARE OF THE REGIMENT AND PRESERVING ITS TRADITIONS AND THOSE OF THE FORMER REGIMENTS; (C) RELIEVING, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT AND THE FORMER REGIMENTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ("BENEFICIARIES").

Area of benefit

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

NOT DEFINED