The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Royal British Legion

Registered charity 219279 Registered since 1977

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Cyprus, Fiji, France, Germany, Japan

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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.

16 trustees on the board

2.9y median 2.5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (4)

2
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 16General Charitable Purposes 16The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 13Disability 1Other Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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.

Health and social care 2Arts and leisure 1Professional services 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£168.5m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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.

7.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 9.1 in 2021

1765 from 1567 in 2021
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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.britishlegion.org.uk
Emailsgray@britishlegion.org.uk
Phone02032072100
AddressTHE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION, 199 BOROUGH HIGH STREET, LONDON, SE1 1AA

Finances

£168,476,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£137,359,000£141,829,000
2022£153,527,000£151,854,000
2023£147,061,000£180,628,000
2024£160,711,000£174,426,000
2025£168,476,000£177,614,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE NEED, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS AND TO FURTHER THE EDUCATION OF BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS; (B) TO RELIEVE NEED AND PROTECT THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF THE DEPENDANTS OF BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE DIED OR BEEN SEVERELY INJURED; (C) TO RELIEVE SUFFERING, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS TO DEPENDANTS CAUSED BY THE ABSENCE OF THOSE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES; (D) TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SCHEMES FOR THE RESETTLEMENT, REHABILITATION, RETRAINING AND SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT OF BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS; AND (E) TO PROMOTE THE COMMEMORATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED WHILST SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES.

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 21 APR 1925AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 10 APR 1979AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 27 MAY 1993AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 30 MAY 2003AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 08 OCT 2019

Trustees (16)

16trustees
70median age
1aged 70+

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