FIRING LINE LTD

Charity number: 1129084
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Firing Line is a joint Regimental Museum of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh. Officially opened by HRH Charles, Prince of Wales in June 2010. It is open to the public 362 days of the year and shows the two regiment's history over the past 350 years. Interactive and educational for all ages, it has temporary exhibitions 3 times a year and also has changing gallery displays.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £415,704
Total expenditure: £344,891

Total income includes £321,340 from 1 government contract(s) and £24,004 from 1 government grant(s)

People

6 Trustee(s)

5 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

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Cardiff

Governance

Registration history:
  • 08 April 2009: Standard registration
  • 04 June 2015: Funds received from 257665 CARDIFF CALEDONIAN SOCIETY TRUST FUND
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • CARDIFF CASTLE MUSEUM OF THE WELSH SOLDIER (Working name)
  • FIRING LINE (Working name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
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
Richard James Parfitt Dennis Trustee 25 February 2025
None on record
COLONEL JEREMY EAMON DOUGLAS PUGHE-MORGAN Trustee 14 March 2022
None on record
Major Gareth Robert Hughes Trustee 29 September 2020
None on record
HOWARD CAMPBELL SMITH Trustee 05 July 2017
None on record
Brigadier David Wheeler Trustee 01 October 2016
None on record
BRIGADIER ALAN STEWART RICHMOND OBE Trustee
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 £444.46k £433.44k £353.49k £336.27k £415.70k
Total expenditure £411.58k £307.66k £312.99k £421.92k £344.89k
Income from government contracts £347.93k N/A £141.40k £244.79k £321.34k
Income from government grants N/A £217.61k £109.95k £23.08k £24.00k

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 30 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 30 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 28 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 28 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 30 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 17 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 26 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 17 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 20 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 17 September 2020 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16/12/2008 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/10/2013 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 01 APR 2022 as amended on 24 Sept 2024

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY, IN EACH CASE ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: (A) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF: I. QDG AND ITS ANTECEDENT AND SUCCESSOR REGIMENTS; AND II. R WELSH AND ITS ANTECEDENT AND SUCCESSOR REGIMENTS, IN PARTICULAR TO MAINTAIN A MILITARY MUSEUM AND ARCHIVE AND TO PRESERVE AND EXHIBIT TO THE PUBLIC THOSE ARTEFACTS AND ASSETS WHICH ARE ON LOAN FROM THE QDG, THE R WELSH AND THEIR RESPECTIVE MUSEUM TRUSTS (“THE COLLECTION”); (B) TO PROMOTE AN AWARENESS OF THE HISTORY AND ROLE OF THE ARMED FORCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, ESPECIALLY THE QDG AND R WELSH, WITH AN AIM OF PROMOTING AN INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT BY THE PUBLIC WITH BOTH REGIMENTS; AND FURTHER ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION BY ENGAGING WITH THE ARMED FORCES AND VETERAN COMMUNITY IN WALES. NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY STATUTORY PROVISION REGARDING THE MEANING OF THE WORD ‘CHARITABLE’, OR THE WORDS ‘CHARITABLE PURPOSES’, IN FORCE IN ANY PART OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

Area of benefit

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

ENGLAND AND WALES

Contact information

Address:
Firing Line Museum
Cardiff Castle Grounds
CARDIFF
CF10 3RB
Phone:
02920788370
Email:
admin@cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk
Website:

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