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The Royal Hampshire Regiment Welfare Fund

Charities For The Benefit Of The Royal Hampshire Regiment, The Royal Hampshire Regiment Comrades Association, The Comrades Association

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
246902
Status
Registered
Registered
March 8, 1966
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum
Serles House
Southgate Street
Winchester
SO23 9EG

Activities

To foster esprit de corps among former members of the Royal Hampshire Regiment enabling them to keep in touch with Regimental affairs and with each other. To assist Comrades to obtain suitable employment and to relieve them and/or their dependents, widows or children who are in need, hardship or distress.To produce a report upon the activities and deaths of comrades.

Objects: The Objects Of The Charity Are:(1) To Promote The Efficiency Of The Successor Regiment By Fostering Esprit De Corps Among Members And Enabling Them To Keep In Touch With Regimental Affairs And With One Another.(2) Assisting Members To Obtain Suitable Employment.(3) To Relieve All Members Of The Former Regiment, And Former And Serving Members Of The Successor Regiment Who Were Domiciled In Hampshire Or The Isle Of Wight At The Time Of Enlistment Or Commissioning, Or Their Dependents, Who Are In Need, Hardship Or Distress.(4) The Trustees May Relieve Persons In Need By:(a) Making Grants Of Money To Them; Or(b) Providing Or Paying For Goods, Services Or Facilities For Them; Or(c) Making Grants Of Money To Other Persons Or Bodies Who Provide Goods, Services Or Facilities To Those In Need.(5) If And In So Far As The Income Of The Charity Cannot Be Applied Towards The Object Specified In Sub-Clauses (1-3) Above, The Trustees May Apply IT For The Relief Of The Following Categories Of Person Who Are In Conditions Of Need, Hardship Or Distress In The Following Order Of Priority:(a) Serving Officers And Ex-Officers Who Previously Have Been Seconded Or Attached To The Former Regiment And Their Dependents;(b) Officers And Ex-Officers Of The Wessex Regiment Who Have Served In Companies In Hampshire Or The Isle Of Wight And Their Dependents;(c) Territorial And Army Reserve Officers And Former Territorial And Army Reserve Officers Of The Princess Of Wales's Royal Regiment Who Have Served In Territorial And Army Reserve Companies In Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Other Charitable Purposes
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Scotland
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Accounts
Dec. 31, 2024 £41,208 £63,054 PDF
Dec. 31, 2023 £42,688 £84,168 PDF
Dec. 31, 2022 £41,393 £44,130
Dec. 31, 2021 £39,227 £89,334
Dec. 31, 2020 £319,952 £124,644