# THE CONNAUGHT TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1179469
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 6, 2018
- **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=1179469


## Contact

- **Address:** Morris Crocker Ltd, Lake House, 2 Port Way, Port Solent, PORTSMOUTH
- **Postcode:** PO6 4TY
- **Phone:** 023 9248 4356
- **Email:** enquiries@connaught-trust.co.uk
- **Website:** www.connaught-trust.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1.1 To promote the military efficiency of all volunteer reservist ranks serving in units of the Army Reserve, the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Marines Reserve, the Royal Air Force Reserves and such other Volunteer Reserve units as established by the Ministry of Defence, in the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (as defined by Schedule 1 to The Lieutenancies Act 1997 and any subsequent re-enactment thereof); 3.1.2 To promote the military efficiency of all volunteer reservist ranks serving in units of the University Royal Naval Unit, the Officers’ Training Corps and the University Air Squadron as established by the Ministry of Defence, in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight; 3.1.3 To support the charitable activities of units of the Army Cadet Force, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Air Training Corps, the Volunteer Cadet Corps, the Combined Cadet Force and such other Cadet units recognised as a Service Cadet Organisation by the Ministry of Defence, in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight; and 3.1.4 If and in so far as the income and capital of the CIO cannot be applied towards the objects above in the area specified, it may be applied towards the same objects in the Royal County of Berkshire and the counties of Dorset, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex and Wiltshire (as defined by Schedule 1 to The Lieutenancies Act 1997 and any subsequent re-enactment thereof).

**Activities:** TO PROMOTE MILITARY EFFICIENCY IN ALL RANKS OF RESERVE FORCES AND TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF CADET FORCES OF ALL THREE SERVICES IN CENTRAL SOUTHERN ENGLAND SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS SET OUT IN THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Isle Of Wight
- Reading
- Surrey
- West Berkshire
- West Sussex
- Wiltshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Charles Edward Haviland Ackroyd** | Chair | March 14, 2013 |
| Cdr Anthony Charles Robert Stickland RD RNR |  | Aug. 20, 2016 |
| Lt Cdr Danielle Louise Griffin MChem FCA |  | Aug. 1, 2021 |
| Lt Cdr Richard Brooks |  | May 2, 2025 |
| Major James Douglas Lacey |  | March 10, 2023 |
| Marianne Lesley Harris-Bridge |  | May 2, 2025 |
| Squadron Leader Graeme Hughes |  | March 10, 2023 |




