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the royal signals charity

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, other charities or voluntary bodies, and other defined groups. The Royal Signals Charity is a registered charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in Dorset and operates in England And Wales.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

To provide grants for deserving welfare cases that are within the objects of the Charity.To fund the activities of the serving, reserves and retired members of Royal Corps of Signals, that attract no or only partial funding from the Ministry of Defence, in order to foster effectiveness, morale, teamwork, fitness, professional development, comradeship and esprit de corps.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,515,171
Latest Expenditure
£1,609,535

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 104.9%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 98.7%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 3.9%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £921,161
Charitable Activities £379,261
Other Trading £1,220
Investments £213,529
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,589,137
Raising Funds £20,398
Governance £42,703
Grants to Institutions £704,246
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£1,515,171£1,609,535£1,589,137£12,042,230£4,020,4208 / 0
2023£1,488,714£1,862,476£1,859,426£11,311,927£3,609,6978 / 0
2022£1,456,595£1,617,757£1,572,723£11,512,341£3,678,5998 / 0
2021£1,307,801£1,313,099£1,302,238£12,947,166£4,198,0997 / 0
2020£1,249,848£1,566,076£1,466,526£11,821,607£3,857,1347 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers