# WEST RIDING ARTILLERY TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1020892
- **Other names:** WRAT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 13, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1020892


## Contact

- **Address:** 269 BATTERY (V), CARLTON BARRACKS, CARLTON GATE, LEEDS
- **Postcode:** LS7 1HE
- **Phone:** 01904668601
- **Email:** ianstoney10@gmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** (1)IN MAKING GRANTS TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE EXISTING UNITS BY IMPROVING THE FACILITIES AND AMENITIES OF TRAINING AND SERVICE AND OF AFFILIATED UNITS OF THE ARMY CADET FORCE (2)IN MAKING GRANTS TO PERSONS IN CASES OF NEED WHO ARE SERVING IN THE EXISTING UNITS OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE EXISTING UNITS OR THE FORMER UNITS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS (3)IN PAYING SUBSCRIPTIONS OR MAKING DONATIONS TO ANY HOSPITAL, HOME OR INSTITUTION HAVING AMONG ITS DECLARED OBJECTS THE SUCCOUR IN SICKNESS OR CONVALESCENCE OF OFFICERS OR MEN WHO ARE SERVING OR HAVE SERVED IN ANY UNIT OR BRANCH OF HER MAJESTY'S FORCES (4)IN PAYING SUBSCRIPTIONS OR MAKING DONATIONS TO ANY CHARITABLE LEARNED SOCIETY OR OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTION HAVING AMONG ITS OBJECTS THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE SCIENCE AND LITERATURE OF THE THREE FIGHTING SERVICES OR TO PUBLIC MUSEUMS RELATING TO BRITISH MILITARY FORCES

**Activities:** WRAT supports former or existing members of 269 (West Riding) Battery RA who fall on hard times. It makes grants to 269 Battery in aid of Battery social activities. It publishes, from time to time, regimental histories of former artillery units in the West Riding of Yorkshire and donates copies of these to local libraries.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Bradford City
- Calderdale
- City Of Wakefield
- Kirklees
- Leeds City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £3645 | £4198 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £3525 | £1658 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £3078 | £3203 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £3145 | £1434 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £3711 | £1557 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Lt Colonel TIM PENNETT** (Chair)
- Captain DAVID JAMES PROSSER
- Captain Trevor G Perrse MBE — appointed Nov. 24, 2013
- Lieutenant Colonel BRIAN ARMITAGE MBE
- Lieutenant Colonel KEITH GREGORY RA — appointed Oct. 4, 2016
- Lieutenant Colonel Robert M Friel MA FSCOT — appointed Oct. 4, 2016
- Major IAN M STONEY TD DL BSc
- Major James Parker RA — appointed June 4, 2024