The Royal Signals Charity
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The Royal Signals Charity is for the Royal Signals community: its benevolence grants go to Regular, Reserve and Retired signallers and their families facing distress or hardship, and it also funds Corps activities that attract no or only partial Ministry of Defence funding.
- If your organisation or project has no link to that community, it is unlikely to fit what the charity says it funds.
- Grants up to £1,750 are considered electronically through Cobseo's Case Management System, while requests for activities outside delegated budgets go from the relevant committee to the Corps Secretary or the Trustees.
- The Charity Commission register gives its area as throughout England and Wales, but no grant range, geographic focus or published deadlines are stated, so ask the charity about its process before preparing a full request.
- Check the exclusions first: Adventurous Training does not fund cultural visits, entrance fees, competitive skiing or cycling, or snowboarding, and Queen's Gurkha Signals must approach Gurkha Welfare for benevolence.
Overview
The Royal Signals Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 284923).
The Royal Signals Charity exists to promote and maintain the physical efficiency and morale of The Royal Corps of Signals, and to support its Regular, Reserve and Retired signallers and their families, with benevolence as its top priority. It funds activities of serving and retired members that attract no or only partial Ministry of Defence funding, aiming to foster effectiveness, morale, teamwork, fitness, professional development, comradeship and esprit de corps. It is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales and had annual giving of £742,526.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Royal Signals Charity supports Regular, Reserve and Retired signallers and their families. Benevolence is its top priority: it provides grants to people facing distress or hardship, with need the most significant factor. It also funds activities for serving and retired members of Royal Signals that attract no or only partial Ministry of Defence funding. This work is intended to foster effectiveness, morale, teamwork, fitness, professional development, comradeship and esprit de corps. Alongside direct welfare assistance, the charity seeks to enhance the lived experience, encourage camaraderie across the Corps family and promote Corps ethos and continuous professional development. Its support therefore combines individual help with activities intended to strengthen the Corps community.
Themes
- Welfare and benevolence
- Corps activities and morale
- Professional development
What they don't fund
- Royal Signals Adventurous Training funding only:
- Cultural visits are not funded
- Any entrance fees for cultural visits must be self-funded
- Skiing and cycling involving any competition or racing are not considered to be Adventurous Training
- Snowboarding is not considered a form of Adventurous Training
- Royal Signals personnel listed on the nominal roll who do not contribute to the One Day's Pay Scheme are not eligible for Adventurous Training funding
- Benevolence grants only: Queen's Gurkha Signals does not receive benevolence grants from the RSC and must approach the Gurkha Welfare
How to apply
For grants supporting activities outside delegated budgets, the relevant committee submits the request to the Corps Secretary or the Trustees for consideration.
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £1,307,801 | £1,313,099 | £285,068 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £1,456,595 | £1,617,757 | £35,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £1,488,714 | £1,862,476 | £1,111,585 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £1,515,171 | £1,609,535 | £704,246 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £1,525,498 | £1,807,330 | £742,526 | 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, all years: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
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
- royalsignals.org/royal-signals-charity · read on 30 October 2026
- royalsignals.org/royal-signals · read on 30 October 2026
- royalsignals.org/royal-signals-charity/one-days-pay · read on 30 October 2026
- royalsignals.org/enquiry?type=charity · 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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