Registered charity · Wiltshire
Royal Artillery Charitable Fund
Royal Artillery Charitable Fund is a registered charity (number 210202) based in Wiltshire, governed by 15 trustees and chaired by Major General David Cullen CB, OBE since 2016. Latest income £1.8m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 15 trustees
- Income £1.8m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Major General David Cullen CB, OBEChair · since 2016
- Brigadier Mark Nicholas Pountain CBETrustee · since 2018
- Col Michael Relph MBETrustee · since 2017
- Colonel Christopher Comport OBE TD DLTrustee · since 2015
- Colonel David Stuart JoyceTrustee · since 2026
- Colonel Jem Michael John BersinTrustee · since 2026
- Colonel Patrick James Farrell OBE ADCTrustee · since 2025
- Colonel Philip Ashley HaighTrustee · since 2025
- Colonel Richard Andrew ForsterTrustee · since 2023
- Colonel Stuart Ian HayTrustee · since 2024
- Lieutenant Colonel Simon John HoweTrustee · since 2021
- Owen James AdamsTrustee · since 2025
- Rasm Keith FisherTrustee · since 2026
- Rupert James Hendry BurchettTrustee · since 2025
- William B de C CussansTrustee · since 2024
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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Germany
- Website
- www.thegunners.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Royal Artillery Charitable Fund.
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.8m£4.4m
- 2024£2.4m£1.6m
- 2023£1.6m£1.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.8m£1.4m
- 2021£1.3m£1.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
(1) IN PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY AND WELFARE OF ALL OR ANY MEMBERS OF ALL RANKS SERVING IN THE ROYAL ARTILLERY WHETHER REGULAR, SPECIAL RESERVE, RESERVE, OR TEMPORARY; AND(2) IN THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF ALL OR ANY PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE MEMBERS OF ALL RANKS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY WHETHER REGULAR, SPECIAL RESERVE, RESERVE, OR TEMPORARY AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS, AND THE FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS OF ANY DECEASED MEMBER (TOGETHER REFERRED TO AS ‘THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL ARTILLERY, THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS’) WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH RELIEF OR ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF POVERTY, DISABILITY, SICKNESS, INFIRMITY OR OTHERWISE.
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.
15 trustees on the board
- Major General David Cullen CB, OBE Chair since 2016
- Brigadier Mark Nicholas Pountain CBE since 2018
- Colonel Christopher Comport OBE TD DL since 2015
- Col Michael Relph MBE since 2017
- Colonel David Stuart Joyce since 2026
- Colonel Jem Michael John Bersin since 2026
- Colonel Patrick James Farrell OBE ADC since 2025
- Colonel Philip Ashley Haigh since 2025
- Colonel Richard Andrew Forster since 2023
- Colonel Stuart Ian Hay since 2024
- Lieutenant Colonel Simon John Howe since 2021
- Owen James Adams since 2025
- Rasm Keith Fisher since 2026
- Rupert James Hendry Burchett since 2025
- William B de C Cussans since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Major General David Cullen CB, OBE Chair since 2016
- Brigadier Mark Nicholas Pountain CBE since 2018
- Colonel Christopher Comport OBE TD DL since 2015
- Col Michael Relph MBE since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Lieutenant Colonel Simon John Howe since 2021
- William B de C Cussans since 2024
Portfolio (13)
- Major General David Cullen CB, OBE Chair since 2016
- Brigadier Mark Nicholas Pountain CBE since 2018
- Colonel Christopher Comport OBE TD DL since 2015
- Col Michael Relph MBE since 2017
- Colonel David Stuart Joyce since 2026
- Colonel Jem Michael John Bersin since 2026
- Colonel Patrick James Farrell OBE ADC since 2025
- Colonel Philip Ashley Haigh since 2025
- Colonel Richard Andrew Forster since 2023
- Colonel Stuart Ian Hay since 2024
- Owen James Adams since 2025
- Rasm Keith Fisher since 2026
- Rupert James Hendry Burchett since 2025
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 210202
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 23/01/1920AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12/05/1965AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/06/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/07/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/07/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 14 JUL 2017 as amended on 05 Jan 2021 as amended on 24 Nov 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 00163205 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01980845528
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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