Royal Welch Fusiliers Officers Benevolent Fund
What it does
The Royal Welch Fusiliers Officers Benevolent fund makes grants and loans to benevolence cases brought to its attention though the regimental network. The beneficiaries are those officers, and their dependants, who hold a RWF Commission including those who now serve in the Royal Welsh. Grants are also made to charitable activities of the RWF Officers Association.
Its charitable purposes
1. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF TO ANY PERSON WHO IS IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND WHO SATISFIES THE TRUSTEES THAT HE HAS HELD A COMMISSION (OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER)IN THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS2. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF TO ANY PERSON WHO SATISFIES THE TRUSTEES THAT SHE IS A WIDOW OF ANY PERSON WHO HELD A COMMISSION (OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER)IN THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS AND WHO DURING HER WIDOWHOOD SATISFIES THE TRUSTEES THAT SHE IS IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE3. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR THE MAINTENANCE OR BENEFIT OF ANY CHILD OR CHILDREN OF PERSONS WHO HELD A COMMISSION (OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER) IN THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS WHO SATISFIES THE TRUSTEES THAT HE, SHE OR THEY ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE4. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF TO ANY PERSON WHO IS IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND WHO SATISFIES THE TRUSTEES THAT HE OR SHE IS A DEPENDENT OF ANY PERSON WHO HELD A COMMISSION (OF ANY TYPE WHATSOEVER) IN THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS5. TO APPLY THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY FOR OR TOWARDS ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION
Causes
- What it works on
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Other defined groups
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Throughout England and Wales
Area of benefit in its governing document: National
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £16,266 and spent £17,528.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | £16,266 | £17,528 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2024 | £14,922 | £35,607 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2023 | £14,029 | £41,498 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2022 | £53,760 | £53,841 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 March 2021 | £50,000 | £36,645 | 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
- Down 67%, from £50,000 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £16,266 in the year to 31 March 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 108% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 4 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| 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 |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
7 trustees run the charity.
- Col Llewelyn Williams
- Lieutenant Colonel J N Morris BSc
- Lt Col Charles Carver
- Lt Col Darren Hughes
- Lt Col Jonathan Slay
- LT Colonel Michael Hugh Ledston Lewis DL
- Major Robert James Vincent Ross
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2025 | 31 January 2026 | Received 17 December 2025, 45 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2024 | 31 January 2025 | Received 18 September 2024, 135 days early | Not required |
| 31 March 2023 | 31 January 2024 | Received 7 February 2024, 7 days late | Not required |
| 31 March 2022 | 31 January 2023 | Received 7 December 2022, 55 days early | Received 7 December 2022 |
| 31 March 2021 | 31 January 2022 | Received 12 November 2021, 80 days early | Received 12 November 2021 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 230261
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 8 April 1964
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 31/12/1962AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 04/09/2013
- Council area of its contact address
- Wrexham
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.