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the commonwealth war graves foundation

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Activities & Mission

The CWGF is a charitable foundation highlighting the work of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). We engage young people from communities around the UK interested in the story of our common sacrifice and shared history.By supporting the CWGF, people will enable us to fund education and activities which will capture the public imagination, and highlight the work the CWGC does.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,067,538
Latest Expenditure
£828,424

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 31.7%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 40.8%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 60.0%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £873,461
Charitable Activities £99,947
Other Trading £79,574
Investments £14,556
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £338,326
Raising Funds £490,098
Governance £7,076
Grants to Institutions £331,250
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2025£1,067,538£828,424£338,326£314,570£314,5704 / 2
2024£616,123£594,440£233,051£75,456£75,4563 / 3
2023£404,692£802,1120 / 0
2022£415,645£376,3720 / 227
2021£566,849£250,668£138,498£413,484£101,7633 / 227

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 Marlow Road
MAIDENHEAD
SL6 7DX
Website
www.cwgc.org
Registration Date
8 March 2017
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
5090423
Charity Number
1171947

Trustees

BRIG ALASTAIR ANDREW BERNARD REIBEY BRUCE OF CRIONAICH
Sir Adrian Alastair Montague
Captain Jagjeet Singh-Sohal
DAME JUDITH MAYHEW JONAS DBE
The Rt Hon Kevan Jones
Julian Ascott Evans
Gerald Anthony Allison
Christopher Walsh
The Rt Hon. Philip Martin Dunne

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