# 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION COMMEMORATIVE FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1063575
- **Other names:** THE DESERT RATS ASSOCIATION, The Friends of the Desert Rats
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 24, 1997
- **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=1063575


## Contact

- **Address:** 21 Beechgrove, Little Oakley, HARWICH
- **Postcode:** CO12 5NN
- **Phone:** 01255886544
- **Email:** desertrats.memorialassoc@btinternet.com
- **Website:** www.desertrats.org.uk/assoc/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FOSTER PATRIOTISM AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION AND ITS CURRENT DESCENDENT BRIGADES, BY THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE IN THETFORD FOREST, NORFOLK, OF A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO THE BRAVERY OF THE 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION.

**Activities:** Our aim is support families and veterans of the 7th Armoured Division, plus 4th and 7th Armoured Brigades (and their descendants) and to ensure our history is not a thing of the past and to educate future generations on the legacy of the British 7th Armoured Division, who fought in the North African Campaign and later Italy and North West Europe during the 1940s conflict and conflicts ever since.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 30, 2025 | £3628 | £8591 | — | — |
| Jan. 30, 2024 | £7447 | £5856 | — | — |
| Jan. 30, 2023 | £29910 | £67000 | — | — |
| Jan. 30, 2022 | £85292 | £62486 | — | — |
| Jan. 30, 2021 | £19909 | £3670 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Brigadier RETD James Woodham CBE MC — appointed Aug. 31, 2016
- Brigadier RETD Jonny Bourne OBE — appointed Aug. 31, 2016
- Maj Gen RETD PAUL NANSON CB CBE — appointed Aug. 9, 2012