Registered charity (CIO) · Surrey
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Association
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Association is a registered charity (number 1163821) based in Surrey, governed by 13 trustees and chaired by Sue Bush RRC since 2025. Latest income £477k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Qaranc (Charity Commission)
1. To promote the efficiency of the Armed Forces by:a. Maintaining contact between former members of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (the Corps) and former and serving members of the Royal Army Medical Service who served previously in...
- 13 trustees
- Income £477k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Sue Bush RRCChair · since 2025
- David Mcarthur OBETrustee · since 2024
- Deborah HamiltonTrustee · since 2022
- Dee RadfordTrustee · since 2022
- Duane Fletcher MBE MstjTrustee · since 2020
- Elizabeth KeenanTrustee · since 2019
- Emily HeneyTrustee · since 2022
- Fiona LankesterTrustee · since 2026
- Jacqueline Anne HallTrustee · since 2024
- Janet Clair KellyTrustee · since 2020
- Karen Irvine RRCTrustee · since 2025
- Merrill Bate ArrcTrustee · since 2018
- Ruth Truscott ArrcTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.qarancassociation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£477k£291k
- 2024£434k£362k
- 2023£349k£345k
Earlier years
- 2022£391k£418k
- 2021£461k£327k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1. To promote the efficiency of the Armed Forces by:a. Maintaining contact between former members of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (the Corps) and former and serving members of the Royal Army Medical Service who served previously in the QARANC, fostering mutual friendship between them andb. Fostering Esprit de Corps, comradeship and the welfare of the Corps and preserving its traditions.c. Developing public knowledge and understanding of and partnerships to promote the historical role, function and heritage of military nursing.d. Preserving, for the public benefit, tangible heritage items held by the QARANC Association.2. To relieve either generally or individually members of the Association, former members of the Corps and former and serving members of the Royal Army Medical Service who served previously in the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, and their dependents, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
13 trustees on the board
- Sue Bush RRC Chair since 2025
- David Mcarthur OBE since 2024
- Deborah Hamilton since 2022
- Dee Radford since 2022
- Duane Fletcher MBE Mstj since 2020
- Elizabeth Keenan since 2019
- Emily Heney since 2022
- Fiona Lankester since 2026
- Jacqueline Anne Hall since 2024
- Janet Clair Kelly since 2020
- Karen Irvine RRC since 2025
- Merrill Bate Arrc since 2018
- Ruth Truscott Arrc since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Elizabeth Keenan since 2019
- Janet Clair Kelly since 2020
- Merrill Bate Arrc since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (13)
- Sue Bush RRC Chair since 2025
- David Mcarthur OBE since 2024
- Deborah Hamilton since 2022
- Dee Radford since 2022
- Duane Fletcher MBE Mstj since 2020
- Elizabeth Keenan since 2019
- Emily Heney since 2022
- Fiona Lankester since 2026
- Jacqueline Anne Hall since 2024
- Janet Clair Kelly since 2020
- Karen Irvine RRC since 2025
- Merrill Bate Arrc since 2018
- Ruth Truscott Arrc since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1163821
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 02 Oct 2015 as amended on 20 Dec 2018 as amended on 15 May 2020 as amended on 17 Feb 2021 as amended on 24 Feb 2026
- Contact on the register
- 0300 365 0120 · generalsecretary@qarancassociation.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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