Royal Artillery Charitable Fund
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Fund exists to help serving and veteran Gunners and their dependants, and it also makes welfare grants to regiments and units and supports Gunner sport, so a request should fit one of those groups.
- Its named grants to organisations have a median of about £27,500, which gives a rough sense of scale, though the annual report does not say what a typical grant to an individual looks like.
- No application process is published, so the usual route is a referral through SSAFA or the Royal British Legion, the RACF enquiry form, or, for a serving Gunner, the Unit Welfare Officer.
- Medical and legal fees and duplicated requests are not funded, and organisations outside the regimental family are unlikely to fit its purpose.
- The annual report says nothing on how competitive the Fund is or how long decisions take, so allow for that uncertainty in your planning.
Overview
Royal Artillery Charitable Fund is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 210202).
The Royal Artillery Charitable Fund exists to relieve need among members of the regimental family. Its prime method is making grants to individuals, and it also makes welfare grants to regiments and units and supports Gunner sport to help maintain fitness and morale. Welfare grants totalling £91,750 went to 22 Regular and Reserve regiments and units, and £86,349 was granted to Gunner sport via the RAI. Its annual giving is £303,619.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Fund helps serving and veteran Gunners and their dependants who struggle to find funding for essential needs. Its support can cover household goods, funerals, rental deposits, removals, mobility aids, priority debts, training and care-home fees, as well as other essential funding. It also makes welfare grants to regiments and units to help with individual cases and unit welfare initiatives, and supports Gunner sport to help maintain fitness and morale. The Fund describes its grants as enhancing the collective wellbeing of the Regiment and its individual members, including through comradeship projects that supplement funding shortfalls. Its prime method of relief is grants to individuals: cases are normally identified through welfare and service organisations, assessed by an external assessor, and funds are allocated after review.
Themes
- Gunner welfare
- Gunner sport
- Comradeship projects
What they don't fund
- Requests for support that are out of scope, e.g. medical or legal fees
- Requests for support that are duplications
How to apply
Serving or veteran Gunners and their dependants seeking welfare support can contact SSAFA or the Royal British Legion, or complete the RACF enquiry form for further guidance. Cases are normally referred through service and welfare organisations; a trained external assessor interviews the potential recipient and reports the case to RACF. For a serving Gunner, a Unit Welfare Officer may initiate a report.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- It allocates grants to enhance the collective wellbeing of the Regiment and its individual members by supplementing shortfalls in funding on comradeship projects.
Where they fund
Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Royal Artillery Charitable Fund.
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 8 grants in year to 31 December 2025 by size
Median £53,505 (year to 31 December 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- RAM£2,847,469year to 31 December 2025
- Regiments and Batteries£91,750year to 31 December 2025
- Royal Artillery Sports£86,349year to 31 December 2025
- Army Benevolent Fund£79,500year to 31 December 2025
- Regimental Welfare/Comradeship£27,510year to 31 December 2025
- Gunner Magazine£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- NMA Maintenance£8,961year to 31 December 2025
- RA Memorials£810year to 31 December 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 grant to individuals; 1 with no named recipient; 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£12,033).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £1,323,428 | £1,058,957 | £224,888 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £1,790,645 | £1,444,598 | £32,720 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £1,577,315 | £1,595,612 | £1,046,588 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £2,359,138 | £1,622,000 | £1,108,705 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £1,752,335 | £4,360,709 | £303,619 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
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.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- thegunners.org.uk/charities/royal-artillery-charitable-fund-racf · read on 30 October 2026
- thegunners.org.uk/contact · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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