The Household Division Charity

Registered charity 1200873 CIO Registered since 2022

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Brigadier Mark Simon Peter Berry since 2022
Desmond Shane Spencer Chichester since 2022
James Andrew Campbell Campbell-Johnston since 2022
James Maurice Hannan Bowder OBE since 2023
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Michael James Foinette since 2024
Lieutenant Colonel Edward James Paintin since 2025

3y median 3.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

2.9y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Brigadier Mark Simon Peter Berry since 2022
James Andrew Campbell Campbell-Johnston since 2022
Lieutenant Colonel Edward James Paintin since 2025

Portfolio (3)

Desmond Shane Spencer Chichester since 2022
James Maurice Hannan Bowder OBE since 2023
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Michael James Foinette since 2024

company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 2Amateur Sport 1General Charitable Purposes 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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 2 years.

2023

2024

incomespending£5.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

42.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 103.8 in 2023

9 from 4 in 2023

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Eastbury Village Hall 1 shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Email	treasurer@householddivision.org.uk
Phone	07498876563
Address	Household Division Charity, Horse Guards, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AX

Finances

£2,105,361 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2023	£713,179	£643,389
2024	£5,263,602	£1,641,128
2025	£2,105,361	£1,952,921

What it does

Who

Other Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND IN PARTICULAR THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION.(2) TO COMMEMORATE AND REMEMBER THOSE MEMBERS, OR FORMER MEMBERS, OF THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES OR SUFFERED INJURY, OR PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK OF LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY, IN SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.(3) TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION OR THE DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS.(4) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION, IN THE HISTORY DEEDS TRADITIONS AND ROLE OF THE HOUSEHOLD DIVISION.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 01 Nov 2022 as amended on 05 Feb 2026

Trustees (6)

6trustees

0aged 70+

Brigadier Mark Simon Peter Berry since 2022
Desmond Shane Spencer Chichester since 2022
James Andrew Campbell Campbell-Johnston since 2022
James Maurice Hannan Bowder OBE since 2023
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Michael James Foinette since 2024
Lieutenant Colonel Edward James Paintin since 2025

Connected charities (3)

Guards' Chapel Trust 3 shared trustees
The Guards' Museum Trust 2 shared trustees
Eastbury Village Hall 1 shared trustee

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