Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

CENTURION FUND

1. Provide support to RAF Regt events, projects, property and engagement that meet the requirements of the Fund's Objectives.2. Support the RAF Regt in the management and insurance of its silver and property.3. Any other activity that the Committee and Board of Trustees consider falls within the remit and gift of the Centurion Fund to fulfil in accordance with its Objectives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£43£47£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£78£28£51n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£42£40£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£28£49£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£34£58£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£34£43£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 8 years

https://www.centurionfund.co.uk/

Hon-centurionfund@mod.gov.uk

01359 269561

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebook
Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Museums, parks, historical sites
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • JULES WEEKES Appointed: 2023
  • RICHARD BROMELL Appointed: 2018
  • RICHARD JOHN WOOLLS Appointed: 2020
  • STEVEN HARRY THORP Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/01/2017, number: 1171215
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
6 returns made; all on time
Main office

RAF HONINGTON
BURY ST EDMUNDS
SUFFOLK
IP31 1EE

Objectives

(1) TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT BY PRESERVING ITS NAME, TRADITIONS AND HISTORY, FOSTERING ESPRIT-DE-CORPS AND COMRADESHIP AMONGST MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE RAF REGIMENT.(2) TO COMMEMORATE AND REMEMBER THOSE MEMBERS, OR FORMER MEMBERS, OF THE RAF REGIMENT WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES OR SUFFERED INJURY, OR PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK OF LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY, IN SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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