Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 4

Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Mainly female board: -1

Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -3

THE WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATING QUEEN MARY'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS AND AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE COMRADES ASSOCIATION)

Maintaining contact between former members of the QMAAC, ATS and WRAC and women still serving in the ARMY.Fostering esprit de Corps, comradeship and welfare.To relieve those in need by making grants or providing or paying for goods, services or facilities for them.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

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

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
30/09/23		£347	£601	£-253	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/22		£331	£511	£-180	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/21		£278	£406	£-128	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/20		£326	£515	£-189	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/19	*	£1,119	£621	£498	£0	£7,922	£1,385	26.8	4	12
30/09/18		£663	£441	£222	£0	£7,346	£758	20.6	4	0
30/09/17		£460	£424	£36	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
30/09/16?		£225	£342	£-116	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/15		£275	£411	£-136	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/14		£227	£335	£-108	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/13		£326	£380	£-54	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/12		£336	£421	£-86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/11		£383	£375	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/10		£265	£269	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/09		£315	£297	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/08		£320	£296	£25	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/07		£337	£286	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/06		£370	£403	£-33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/05		£300	£287	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/10/04		£485	£267	£218	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 57 years

http://www.wraca.org.uk

jane.winfield@wraca.org.uk

03004001992

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Makes grants to individuals
Other charitable activities
Provides other finance

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£100,000	10/02/2023	"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed Forces community. 2) It aims to encourage all parties ....more "The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed Forces community. 2) It aims to encourage all parties within a community to offer support to the local Armed Forces community and make it easier for Service personnel, families and veterans to access the help and support available from the MOD, from statutory providers and from the Charitable and Voluntary Sector. These organisations already work together in partnership at local level. 3) the scheme is intended to be a two-way arrangement and the Armed Forces community are encouraged to do as much as they can to support their community and promote activity which integrates the Service community into civilian life. "

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

BARBARA JOHNSON Appointed: 2017

BRIGADIER FIONA GARDNER CBE (Chair) Appointed: 2020

DAWN MENDAY Appointed: 2023

HELEN MERRINGTON-RUST Appointed: 2015

LIEUTENANT COLONEL AMANDA HASSELL Appointed: 2017

LT COLONEL ROWENA CHARLOTTE NAILE MBE Appointed: 2011

LT COLONEL TIM SAVAGE Appointed: 2019

MAJOR MONICA CATHERINE MARY JONES Appointed: 2015

SHELLEY ANN WHITEHEAD Appointed: 2023

SHAN MARIE FRANCES VEILLARD-THOMAS Appointed: 2019

SUE MACKENZIE Appointed: 2017

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/1968, number: 206184

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR19: 27 days late,

Main office

ATR Winchester
Sir John Moore Barracks Building 24
Andover Road
WINCHESTER
Hampshire
SO22 6NQ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY BY:(A) MAINTAINING CONTACT BETWEEN FORMER MEMBERS OF QUEEN MARY'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS (QMAAC), THE AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE (ATS), THE AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE TERRITORIAL ARMY (ATS TA), WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS (WRAC), WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS TERRITORIAL ARMY (WRAC TA), WRAC TERRITORIAL AND VOLUNTEER RESERVE (WRAC TAVR) AND WOMEN STILL SERVING IN THE ARMY, FOSTERING MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THEM AND PROVIDING FOR SOCIAL GATHERINGS.(B) FOSTERING ESPRIT DE CORPS, COMRADESHIP, WELFARE AND PRESERVING THE TRADITIONS OF THE QMAAC, THE ATS, THE ATS TA, THE WRAC, WRAC TA, AND WRAC TAVR.

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