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Registered charity (CIO) · Portsmouth

The Connaught Trust

3.1.1 To promote the military efficiency of all volunteer reservist ranks serving in units of the Army Reserve, the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Marines Reserve, the Royal Air Force Reserves and such other Volunteer Reserve units as established by...

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £215k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
West Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle Of Wight and more
Website
www.connaught-trust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2018

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£215k£235k
  • 2023£245k£252k
  • 2022£290k£178k
Earlier years
  • 2021£232k£305k
  • 2020£220k£96k
Charitable objects

3.1.1 To promote the military efficiency of all volunteer reservist ranks serving in units of the Army Reserve, the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Marines Reserve, the Royal Air Force Reserves and such other Volunteer Reserve units as established by the Ministry of Defence, in the counties of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight (as defined by Schedule 1 to The Lieutenancies Act 1997 and any subsequent re-enactment thereof); 3.1.2 To promote the military efficiency of all volunteer reservist ranks serving in units of the University Royal Naval Unit, the Officers’ Training Corps and the University Air Squadron as established by the Ministry of Defence, in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight; 3.1.3 To support the charitable activities of units of the Army Cadet Force, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Air Training Corps, the Volunteer Cadet Corps, the Combined Cadet Force and such other Cadet units recognised as a Service Cadet Organisation by the Ministry of Defence, in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight; and 3.1.4 If and in so far as the income and capital of the CIO cannot be applied towards the objects above in the area specified, it may be applied towards the same objects in the Royal County of Berkshire and the counties of Dorset, Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex and Wiltshire (as defined by Schedule 1 to The Lieutenancies Act 1997 and any subsequent re-enactment thereof).

Board analysis for researchers

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.

5.1y median 3y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure
7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 7Other Charitable Purposes 7Education/training 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Hospitality 2Construction 1Education 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£215k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1179469
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 06 Aug 2018 as amended on 27 Feb 2026
Contact on the register
02392484356 · enquiries@connaught-trust.co.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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