Registered charity (CIO) · South Glamorgan
The Royal Welsh Regimental Welfare and Benevolence Foundation
- 10 trustees
- Income £351k (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Brigadier Nigel Crewe-ReadTrustee · since 2026
- Captain Retd James Edward Ellis BarhamTrustee · since 2017
- Captain Retd Robin John Edgcumbe Minter-KempTrustee · since 2017
- Colonel Nicholas John Lock OBETrustee · since 2019
- David HitchcockTrustee · since 2017
- Lt Col Mark David AdamsTrustee · since 2025
- Lt Col Oliver Grant William BeardTrustee · since 2024
- Mike AdlerTrustee · since 2017
- Robert DickinsonTrustee · since 2024
- Simon Rhys Layton PrichardTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£351k£156k
- 2025£171k£221k
- 2024£187k£191k
Earlier years
- 2023£179k£234k
- 2022£189k£165k
Charitable objects
(1) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROYAL WELSH OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT BY ANY CHARITABLE MEANS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY:(A) FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS AND COMRADESHIP AND SUPPORTING CADET UNITS AFFILIATED TO THE ROYAL WELSH; (B) ASSISTING MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, OR ANY PERSONNEL ATTACHED TO THOSE REGIMENTS, WITH THEIR TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE, IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING EDUCATION TO AID WITH RE-SETTLEMENT AND ASSISTING THEM TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; (C) FOSTERING AND PRESERVING THE HISTORY, HERITAGE, TRADITIONS, AND MILITARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE ROYAL WELSH AND ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY SUPPORTING A MUSEUM OR MUSEUMS, ARCHIVES AND COLLECTIONS; AND(D) COMMEMORATING AND REMEMBERING THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, WHO HAVE DIED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE AND TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY SUCH PERSONS; AND IN PARTICULAR WITHOUT LIMITATION TO PROVIDE MEMORIALS TO COMMEMORATE THE FALLEN OR VICTORIES, AND MAINTAIN REGIMENTAL CHAPELS OR CHURCHES.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT;(3) TO RELIEVE HARDSHIP, DISTRESS OR NEED AMONG MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES AND OTHER DEPENDENTS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES OR OTHER DEPENDENTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ON ACTIVE SERVICE;(4) TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WOUNDED OR INJURED, WHETHER ON ACTIVE SERVICE OR OTHERWISE, WHILST SERVING IN THE ROYAL WELSH, OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT, AT THE CHARITY TRUSTEES? DISCRETION; AND(5) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES RELATING TO THE ROYAL WELSH OR ANY COMPONENT OR PREDECESSOR REGIMENT OR UNIT AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Brigadier Nigel Crewe-Read since 2026
- Captain Retd James Edward Ellis Barham since 2017
- Captain Retd Robin John Edgcumbe Minter-Kemp since 2017
- Colonel Nicholas John Lock OBE since 2019
- David Hitchcock since 2017
- Lt Col Mark David Adams since 2025
- Lt Col Oliver Grant William Beard since 2024
- Mike Adler since 2017
- Robert Dickinson since 2024
- Simon Rhys Layton Prichard since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Captain Retd James Edward Ellis Barham since 2017
- Captain Retd Robin John Edgcumbe Minter-Kemp since 2017
- Colonel Nicholas John Lock OBE since 2019
- David Hitchcock since 2017
- Mike Adler since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Brigadier Nigel Crewe-Read since 2026
- Captain Retd James Edward Ellis Barham since 2017
- Captain Retd Robin John Edgcumbe Minter-Kemp since 2017
- Colonel Nicholas John Lock OBE since 2019
- David Hitchcock since 2017
- Lt Col Mark David Adams since 2025
- Lt Col Oliver Grant William Beard since 2024
- Robert Dickinson since 2024
- Simon Rhys Layton Prichard since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Mike Adler since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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
- 1166089
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - Foundation Registered 16 Mar 2016
- Contact on the register
- 0303 377 9900 · robert.dickinson889@mod.gov.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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