The REME Charity
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The REME Charity exists to support REME regular, reserve and retired personnel and their families, so an organisation with no REME connection is unlikely to fit.
- Its work centres on welfare and benevolence, team sports, adventurous training, veteran reunions and social events, and a request should sit within those areas.
- Most of its grants are small and numerous, so a modest request is the realistic size, though the annual report gives no grant range to say more.
- Neither the annual report nor its register entry describes how to apply, so a short enquiry to the charity before writing a full proposal is the safest first step.
- The annual report does not say how competitive its giving is or how it chooses between applicants.
Overview
The REME Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1165868).
The REME Charity exists to promote the efficiency of REME and foster esprit de corps, and to relieve necessitous members or former members of REME and their dependants. It supports regular, reserve and retired REME personnel and their families through grants to groups and individuals and by fostering connections. The charity awarded £963,873 in total, of which £291,345 went to individuals.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The REME Charity supports regular, reserve and retired REME personnel and their families. It provides grants to groups and individuals and fosters connections intended to promote REME efficiency, ethos, comradeship and a sense of belonging to the REME Family. Its support includes benevolence and welfare, communications, activities, social gatherings and events. It also supports serving REME soldiers’ team sports, Adventurous Training and Enterprise, veteran reunions, Female REME Conferences, mess events and gatherings marking important dates. Its grant-making is characterised by large numbers of small grants paid to support serving and retired soldiers and officers of the REME Corps.
Themes
- Benevolence and welfare
- REME team sports
- Adventurous Training
- Veteran reunions
- Social gatherings and events
- Communications
Geographic Focus
Any part of the world.
How to apply
No way to apply was found in the charity's annual report, its register entry or other pages about it.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- International
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £2,511,910 | £2,276,018 | £109,396 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £2,393,542 | £3,327,460 | £526,104 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £2,497,716 | £2,558,768 | £748,274 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £2,831,837 | £2,671,988 | £306,496 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £3,071,624 | £2,969,981 | £963,873 | 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: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.
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
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission
Applying to The REME Charity?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- Charity Commission register entryContact details as held by the Charity Commission