Dorset Yeomanry Trust — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 28 October 1999
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income: £3,148
Latest expenditure: £3,193
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Ramshill Farm, Manston, STURMINSTER NEWTON, Dorset, DT10 1HD

02 Activities

What the charity does

(1) Promoting the welfare of serving and former territorial soldiers through benevolent grants (2) Educating the public by preserving and displaying artefacts relating to the history of the Yeomanry (3) Promoting the welfare of serving territorial soldiers with sporting and social activities.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 24 April 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,148
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,193

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 7 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £3,104
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,162

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 22 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £3,126
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,598

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 9 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £3,106
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,267

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 29 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £3,924
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,250

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 114
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency

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

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

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

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

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

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: Dorset Yeomanry Trust
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1999-10-28T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: SCHEME DATED 4 SEPTEMBER 1996 AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 15 FEBRUARY 1999 AND AMENDED BY RESOLUTIONS DATED 24 AUGUST 2000, 18 NOVEMBER 2001, 31 AUGUST 2006 AND 7 SEPTEMBER 2009. as amended on 01 Jan 2026 as amended on 18 Feb 2026 as amended on 18 Feb 2026 as amended on 22 Apr 2026
Charitable Objects: THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME AND AT THEIR DISCRETION THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE CAPITAL AND THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS:-1) SO FAR AS REQUISITE IN OR TOWARDS HOUSING, SAFEKEEPING, DISPLAYING, REPAIRING OR REPLACING THE CHATTELS BELONGING TO THE CHARITY AND THE COSTS OF INSURING THE SAME IN ACCORDANCE WITH TH PROVISIONS HEREINBEFORE CONTAINED.2) IN RELIEVING EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP, OR DISTRESS, AND WHO ARE MEMBERS OR FORMER MEMBERS OR THE DEPENDANTS OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE SUCCESSOR UNITS OR FORMER OR SERVING MEMBERS OR THE DEPENDANTS OF FORMER OR SERVING MEMBERS OF ANY REGIMENT OR SUB-UNIT OF THE REGULAR FORCES OR OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY WHICH SHALL INCORPORATE IN ITS NAME OR DESIGNATION AND SHALL USE THE TITLE "QUEEN'S OWN DORSET YEOMANRY" OR "DORSET YEOMANRY" BUT IF THERE SHALL BE NO SUCH REGIMENT OR SUB-UNIT OF ANY REGIMENT OR SUB-UNIT OF THE REGULAR FORCES OR OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY WHICH IS AT TIME STATIONED AND SERVING WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DORSET.3) IN SUPPORTING OR PROMOTING THE EFFICIENCY OF ANY REGIMENT OR SUB-UNIT OF THE REGULAR FORCES OR OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY WHICH SHALL INCORPORATE IN ITS NAME AND USE THE TITLE "QUEEN'S OWN DORSET YEOMANRY' OR "DORSET YEOMANRY" BUT IF THERE SHALL BE NO SUCH REGIMENT OR SUB-UNIT THEN OF ANY REGIMENT OR SUB-UNIT OF THE REGULAR FORCES OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY, THE CADET FORCE OR THE COMBINED CADET FORCE WHICH IS AT ANY TIME STATIONED AND SERVING WITHIN THE COUNTY OF DORSET.4) IN MAKING GRANTS TO SUCH CHARITIES CONNECTED WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.5) IN PURCHASING ARTEFACTS AND DOCUMENTS WHICH ENHANCE THE HISTORY OF THE QUEEN'S OWN DORSET YEOMANRY.
Area Of Benefit: NATIONAL

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 342090
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE QUEEN'S OWN DORSET YEOMANRY AND DORSET GARRISON CHARITY

Charity Name Id: 342088
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: CHARITIES I.C.W QUEENS OWN DORSET YEOMANRY + DORSET GARRISON

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management