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The Irish Guards Charity

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1194198
Status
Registered
Registered
April 22, 2021
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS
IRISH GUARDS
WELLINGTON BARRACKS
BIRDCAGE WALK
LONDON
SW1A 6HQ

Contact

Phone
02074143293
Email
[email protected]

Activities

Fund raising and distribution of funds to beneficiaries

Objects: (1) The Objects Of The CIO Are:(a) To Assist And Provide Relief To Any Serving Or Former Serving Officer, Warrant Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer Or Guardsman Of The Regiment Of The Irish Guards, Or In Exceptional Circumstances Any Person Associated With The Regiment Of The Irish Guards, And Their Dependents, Including But Not Exclusively, Their Spouses, Partners, Widows, Widowers, Parents (Whether Or Not Remarried), Children, Carers Or Similar Persons Who Are In Hardship Or Distress Or Need, Whether Such Need Is Financial Or Otherwise; (B) To Support Financially Or Otherwise Those Charities, Whether The Same Be A Military Or Civil Charity, Which In The Opinion Of The Charity Trustees Directly Or Indirectly Benefit Those Persons Or Persons Or Charitable Purposes Referred To In (A) Above Or (C) Below; (C) To Promote The Efficiency Of The Regiment Of The Irish Guards In Such Charitable Ways As The Trustees Shall Decide; And (D) To Further Such Other Exclusively Charitable Purposes Connected With The Regiment Of The Irish Guards According To The Law Of England And Wales As The Charity Trustees In Their Absolute Discretion From Time To Time Determine. (2) Nothing In This Constitution Shall Authorise An Application Of The Property Of The CIO For Purposes Which Are Not Charitable In Accordance With Section 7 Of The Charities And Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 And Section 2 Of The Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets
Dec. 31, 2024 £266,510 £331,436
Dec. 31, 2023 £316,751 £354,231
Dec. 31, 2022 £950,249 £435,552 £5,394,121
Dec. 31, 2021 £5,485,032 £5,485,032

Trustees

Name Appointed
Major General Sir Christopher John Ghika KCVO CBE (Chair) July 1, 2021
Ashe George Russell Windham April 21, 2021
Horace Alcock Field Parshall April 21, 2021
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin J Irwin Clark Jan. 1, 2025
Michael Corbett April 21, 2021
Robin McNeil Boyd April 21, 2021
Thomas Anthony Lewis Olsen April 21, 2021