# ROYAL COMMONWEALTH EX-SERVICES LEAGUE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1174874
- **Other names:** RCEL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [10922587](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10922587)
- **Registered:** Sept. 27, 2017
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1174874


## Contact

- **Address:** ROYAL COMMONWEALTH EX-SERVICES LEAG, HAIG HOUSE, 199 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 1AA
- **Phone:** 020 3207 2413
- **Email:** hyoung@commonwealthveterans.org.uk
- **Website:** http://www.commonwealthveterans.org.uk/welfare.php



## Activities

**Objects:** WITH A VIEW TO PERPETUATING THE MEMORY OF GALLANT MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR DIED FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS, THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE BY CHARITABLE MEANS:1) TO SEEK TO ENSURE THAT NO MAN OR WOMAN RESIDENT OVERSEAS WHO HAS AT SOME TIME SERVED THE CROWN: A) IN THE ARMED FORCES OF ANY COMMONWEALTH COUNTRY OR FORMER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRY BEFORE THAT COUNTRY ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM; OR B) DURING HOSTILITIES IN THE MERCHANT NAVIES OF ANY SUCH COUNTRY; OR C) IN THE RED CROSS OR ST JOHNÆS ORGANISATION WHILE SUCH ORGANISATION WAS SERVING WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF ANY SUCH COUNTRY, SHOULD SUFFER UNDUE HARDSHIP;2) TO SEEK TO ENSURE THE WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO QUALIFY FOR SUPPORT UNDER 3.1 SHOULD NOT SUFFER UNDUE HARDSHIP; 3) TO ASSIST UNITED KINGDOM SERVICE CHARITIES TO PROVIDE WELFARE TO QUALIFYING PERSONNEL (INCLUDING THEIR WIDOWS OR WIDOWERS) RESIDENT OVERSEAS WHO ARE IN NEED AND WHO AT SOME TIME SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OR DURING HOSTILITIES IN THE MERCHANT NAVY OR THE RED CROSS OR ST JOHNÆS ORGANISATIONS WHILE SUCH ORGANISATIONS WERE SERVING WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM; AND4) TO SEEK, WHERE POSSIBLE AND WITHIN RESOURCES, TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE SUBJECT OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE SERVICE OF THE ARMED AND AUXILIARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND OF THEIR NEEDS.

**Activities:** The charity operates outside the United Kingdom looking after the welfare of ex-servicemen, women and widows of Commonwealth countries who have at some time served the British Crown.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Antigua And Barbuda
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- Burma
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- India
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- Saint Vincent
- Scotland
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- St Kitts And Nevis
- St Lucia
- Tanzania
- The Bahamas
- The Gambia
- Trinidad And Tobago
- Turks And Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Major General Gerald Ian Mitchell** | Chair | Oct. 7, 2020 |
| ANDREW JOHN MARTIN |  | Aug. 10, 2010 |
| EVELYN ANNE STROUTS |  | Aug. 18, 2017 |
| Elisabeth Watkins |  | Oct. 15, 2020 |
| JEREMY MICHAEL ARCHER MA |  | Aug. 18, 2017 |
| Jason Peter Hazell |  | March 3, 2026 |
| Lynda Susan Atkins |  | June 18, 2025 |
| MAJOR GENERAL  CHRISTOPHER HASLETT ELLIOTT |  | Sept. 9, 2013 |
| Michael John Winarick |  | Feb. 13, 2024 |
| Paul Wesley Farquharson Chambers |  | Feb. 13, 2024 |




