MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 19 December 1980
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £212
Latest expenditure: £1,004
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 29 Merston Drive, Didsbury, MANCHESTER, Select, M20 5NT

Website recorded by the regulator: www.mercians.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To relieve persons who are serving or who have served in the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Mercian Volunteers and in the Worcestershire and Staffordshire Companies of the Light Infantry and Mercian Volunteers and their widows, children or other dependents who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.To promote the efficiency of the Mercian Volunteers and to maintain its traditions

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 10 April 2026
Total Gross Income: £212
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,004

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 7 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £498
Total Gross Expenditure: £724

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 15 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,330
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,831

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 9 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,255
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,232

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 17 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,042
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,266

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cheshire East
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cheshire West & Chester
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Nottinghamshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Dudley
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Staffordshire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Walsall
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Birmingham City
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Worcestershire
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Wolverhampton
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: West Midlands
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Derbyshire
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 117
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Other Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1980-12-19T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED ON 6 NOVEMBER 1980 AS AMENDED ON 27 SEPTEMBER 2005, 8 MARCH 2006, 18 MARCH 2007 AND 6 MARCH 2011
Charitable Objects: 1. TO RELIEVE EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE 1ST AND 2ND BATTALIONS OF THE MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS AND IN THE WORCESTERSHIRE AND STAFFORDSHIRE COMPANIES OF THE FORMER LIGHT INFANTRY AND MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS AND THEIR WIDOWS, CHILDREN OR OTHER DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. 2. TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE MERCIAN VOLUTEERS AND TO MAINTAIN ITS TRADITIONS AND ITS ESPRIT DE CORPS.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 176726
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: MERCIAN VOLUNTEERS ASSOCIATION

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management