Registered charity 1166089

The Royal Welsh Regimental Welfare and Benevolence Foundation

What it does

To promote the efficiency of the armed forces of the crown in general and in particular the efficiency of the Royal Welsh or any component or predecessor regiment or unit by any charitable means.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

(1) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROYAL WELSH OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY:(A) FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS AND COMRADESHIP AND SUPPORTING CADET UNITS AFFILIATED TO THE ROYAL WELSH; (B) ASSISTING MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, OR ANY PERSONNEL ATTACHED TO THOSE REGIMENTS, WITH THEIR TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE, IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING EDUCATION TO AID WITH RE-SETTLEMENT AND ASSISTING THEM TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; (C) FOSTERING AND PRESERVING THE HISTORY, HERITAGE, TRADITIONS, AND MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE ROYAL WELSH AND ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY SUPPORTING A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES AND COLLECTIONS; AND(D) COMMEMORATING AND REMEMBERING THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, WHO HAVE DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE AND TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY SUCH PERSONS; AND IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION TO PROVIDE MEMORIALS TO COMMEMORATE THE FALLEN OR VICTORIES, AND MAINTAIN REGIMENTAL CHAPELS OR CHURCHES.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT;(3) TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP, DISTRESS OR NEED AMONG MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER DEPENDENTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES OR OTHER DEPENDENTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON ACTIVE SERVICE;(4) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR INJURED, WHETHER ON ACTIVE SERVICE OR OTHERWISE, WHILST SERVING IN THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, AT THE CHARITY TRUSTEES? DISCRETION; AND(5) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES RELATING TO THE ROYAL WELSH OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Health and saving lives
Preventing or relieving poverty
Armed forces and emergency services
Other charitable purposes
Who it helps: Other defined groups
How it works: Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Provides advocacy, advice or information

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2026, it had income of £351,314 and spent £155,548.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2026	£351,314	£155,548	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2025	£170,650	£221,410	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	£186,912	£191,074	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	£178,810	£234,387	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2022	£188,689	£165,314	Not reported	Not reported

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Up 86%, from £188,689 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £351,314 in the year to 31 March 2026.
Spending against income: It spent 44% of its income in the year to 31 March 2026. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Largest funder: Transfer of funds Royal Welsh Fusiliers Comrades Association gave £182,947 in the year to 31 March 2026, 52% of that year's income.Read by AI from the charity's accounts.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	Not reported	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Who funds it, according to its accounts

In its accounts for the year ending 31 March 2026, the charity named 1 funder who gave £182,947. £0 of that came from public bodies.

These figures were read from the accounts the charity filed with the Charity Commission by Claude, an AI model, in OpenEconomy's accounts reader. AI can misread a table, so check the accounts on the register before relying on a figure.

Money received from each named funder, by accounts year
Funder	Type	Mar 2026
Transfer of funds Royal Welsh Fusiliers Comrades Association	Trust, company or other	£182,947

Only funding the accounts name with an amount is included. Most charities also have income from donations, fees and trading that is not listed by funder, so this is part of its income.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £13,200, awarded in 2023.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
1 Sept 2023	Veterans FoundationMilitary App Community	£13,200

Trustees

10 trustees run the charity.

Brigadier Nigel Crewe-ReadAppointed 8 February 2026
Captain Retd James Edward Ellis BarhamAppointed 1 April 2017
Captain Retd Robin John Edgcumbe Minter-KempAppointed 1 April 2017
Colonel Nicholas John Lock OBEAppointed 7 August 2019
David HitchcockAppointed 1 April 2017
Lt Col Mark David AdamsAppointed 6 March 2025
Lt Col Oliver Grant William BeardAppointed 7 September 2024
Mike AdlerAppointed 1 April 2017
Robert DickinsonAppointed 6 January 2024
Simon Rhys Layton PrichardAppointed 9 May 2025

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2026	31 January 2027	Received 12 August 2026, 172 days early	Received 12 August 2026
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 5 November 2025, 87 days early	Received 5 November 2025
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 2 December 2024, 60 days early	Received 2 December 2024
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 16 November 2023, 76 days early	Received 16 November 2023
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 16 June 2022, 229 days early	Received 16 June 2022

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1166089
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 16 March 2016
Governing document: CIO - Foundation Registered 16 Mar 2016
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Funding from accounts: the charity's filed accounts, read by OpenEconomy's AI accounts reader on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

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Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2026

£351,314

£155,548

Not reported

31 March 2025

£170,650

£221,410

Not reported

31 March 2024

£186,912

£191,074

Not reported

31 March 2023

£178,810

£234,387

Not reported

31 March 2022

£188,689

£165,314

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

Not reported

31 March 2024

Not reported

31 March 2023

Not reported

Funder

Type

Mar 2026

Transfer of funds Royal Welsh Fusiliers Comrades Association

Trust, company or other

£182,947

Awarded

Grant

Amount

1 Sept 2023

Veterans FoundationMilitary App Community

£13,200

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2026

31 January 2027

Received 12 August 2026, 172 days early

Received 12 August 2026

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 5 November 2025, 87 days early

Received 5 November 2025

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 2 December 2024, 60 days early

Received 2 December 2024

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 16 November 2023, 76 days early

Received 16 November 2023

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 16 June 2022, 229 days early

Received 16 June 2022