Royal Artillery Association (RAA)

Registered charity 238197 · since 1964thegunners.org.uk/charities/royal-artillery-association-raa·Australia, Bermuda, England, Germany, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

The Association's giving is aimed at comradeship and welfare within the Royal Artillery, through grants to batteries for comradeship projects and donations to branches, so a request fits best when it concerns that work.
Its recorded grants were 38 to batteries worth £27,510 in total and one of £287 to a branch, which suggests a modest request is in keeping, though the annual report gives no typical range or largest grant.
No way to apply is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so a first step would be to ask the Association how to apply and to set out the comradeship project and the funding shortfall it would cover.
The annual report gives no timing or sense of how competitive grants are, so do not assume there is a set round or deadline.

Overview

Royal Artillery Association (RAA) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 238197).

The Royal Artillery Association exists to promote the efficiency of the Royal Artillery by maintaining contact, fostering friendship, comradeship and welfare, and preserving its traditions, and to relieve past and present members and their dependants in need, hardship or distress. Its grants go mainly to batteries to supplement shortfalls in funding for comradeship projects, and individual branches receive donations for comradeship within their branches and local area. The annual report records 38 grants worth £27,510 to batteries and one grant of £287 in support of branches.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Association's grants are allocated to enhance the collective well-being of the Regiment and its serving and retired members by supplementing shortfalls in funding for comradeship projects. It gives grants to batteries to promote comradeship and esprit de corps, and supports branches. Individual branches receive donations for comradeship within their branches and local area. The Association's wider work connects past and present Gunners through local branches, meetings and social gatherings; branches also provide practical assistance and support when needed.

Themes

Comradeship and esprit de corps
Member welfare

How to apply

No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry, its website or other pages about it.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The Association allocates grants to supplement shortfalls in funding for comradeship projects.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Australia
Germany
Bermuda
England
Northern Ireland
Scotland
Wales

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Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£148,430	£220,661	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£241,292	£307,998	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£269,650	£325,023	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£243,980	£346,521	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£276,812	£338,558	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.