Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum Trust Ltd
What it does
The Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum Trust Ltd maintains a leading international Regimental Museum which portrays the story of over 300 years of service by members of the Royal Welch Fusiliers by displaying a wide range of objects in an informative and attractive manner to the widest possible audience. The display collection is houses in Caernarfon Castle and the reserve collection in Wrexham Museum.
Its charitable purposes
THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY AND MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FORMER BRITISH ARMY REGIMENT KNOWN AS THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS (THE "REGIMENT"), IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY (A) ACQUIRING, HOUSING, EXHIBITING, DOCUMENTING, CONSERVING, RESTORING, AND REPAIRING ART, OBJECTS, AND COLLECTIONS OF AN EDUCATIONAL NATURE, AND (B) BY ESTABLISHING, ACQUIRING, MANAGING, AND MAINTAINING MUSEUMS, GALLERIES, LIBRARIES, AND OTHER SUITABLE PREMISES FOR USE FOR SUCH PURPOSE; AND2. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES AND ENCOURAGE RECRUITMENT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS OF THE COLLECTION OR BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Who it helps
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides buildings, facilities or open space
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- In Wales
- Wrexham
- Gwynedd
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £207,522 and spent £188,831.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £207,522 | £188,831 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £20,731 | £1,020 | Not reported | 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 901%, from £20,731 in the year to 31 March 2024 to £207,522 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 91% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent less than its income in each of the 2 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: £3,950 from 3 grants. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £3,950 from 3 grants | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
8 trustees run the charity.
- Brig Gerhard Horst WheelerChair
- Allan David Poole
- Anne Pedley
- Captain Emrys Desmond Williams DCM
- Colonel Nicholas John Lock OBE MA
- Colonel Peter James Knox OBE
- Hugh E S Beaumont
- Nigel Gavin Mann
Filing record
Of the last 2 annual returns that were due, 2 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 29 September 2025, 124 days early | Received 29 September 2025 |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 23 September 2024, 130 days early | Not required |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1202306
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 13 March 2023
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 JUN 2021
- Company number
- 13462932This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.rwfmuseum.org.uk/index.php
- Council area of its contact address
- Gwynedd
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.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.