# ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 258322
- **Other names:** REA, The Sapper Charity
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 3, 1969
- **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=258322


## Contact

- **Address:** The Royal Engineers Association, Ravelin Building, Brompton Barracks, Chatham, Kent
- **Postcode:** ME4 4UG
- **Phone:** 01634 847005
- **Email:** ken.kirk@reahq.org.uk
- **Website:** www.reahq.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A. TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE CORPS AMONG MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:(1) BY FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS AND A SPIRIT OF COMRADESHIP AND SERVICE.(2) BY MAINTAINING AN AWARENESS OF CORPS TRADITIONS.(3) BY ACTING AS A LINK BETWEEN SERVING AND RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE CORPS.B. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO SERVING AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CORPS, THEIR SPOUSES, WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED THROUGH POVERTY.C. TO MAKE GRANTS, WITHIN ASSOCIATION GUIDELINES, TO THE ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND AND TO OTHER CHARITIES THAT FURTHER THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATION.

**Activities:** To provide financial and other assistance to serving and former members of the Corps, their spouses, widows, widowers and dependants who are in need through poverty.  To make grants, within Association Guidelines, to the Army Benevolent Fund and to other charities that further the objectives of the Association.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Maj Gen A S Dickinson CBE** | Chair | July 16, 2015 |
| CSM Spencer Eardley |  | June 30, 2023 |
| Col  retd Jonathan Mark Ruddy |  | Oct. 14, 2021 |
| Col Claire James RE |  | Aug. 27, 2019 |
| Colin Basnett CBE |  | Aug. 30, 2019 |
| Colonel Richard Hawkins MBE ADC |  | Feb. 2, 2023 |
| Jeffrey Jupp KC |  | Aug. 27, 2019 |
| Lord Lancaster Mark Lancaster TD PC |  | Oct. 12, 2022 |
| Lt Col Retd. Martin James Heffer TD RE |  | Aug. 31, 2016 |
| Matt Bazeley OBE |  | May 9, 2023 |
| Rowan Adams |  | Feb. 27, 2023 |



## Linked charities

- THE R.E. KITCHENER SCHOLARSHIPS FUND (258322-1)



