7TH ARMOURED DIVISION COMMEMORATIVE FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 24 July 1997
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 31 January 2024 – 30 January 2025
Latest income: £3,628
Latest expenditure: £8,591
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 21 Beechgrove, Little Oakley, HARWICH, CO12 5NN

Website recorded by the regulator: www.desertrats.org.uk/assoc/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Our aim is support families and veterans of the 7th Armoured Division, plus 4th and 7th Armoured Brigades (and their descendants) and to ensure our history is not a thing of the past and to educate future generations on the legacy of the British 7th Armoured Division, who fought in the North African Campaign and later Italy and North West Europe during the 1940s conflict and conflicts ever since.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 18 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £3,628
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,591

Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 27 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £7,447
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,856

Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 28 November 2023
Date Accounts Received: 28 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £29,910
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,000

Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 16 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 25 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £85,292
Total Gross Expenditure: £62,486

Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 8 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £19,909
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,670

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2023
Ar Received Date: 28 November 2023
Total Gross Income: £29,910
Total Gross Expenditure: £67,000
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: Yes
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £85,292
Total Gross Expenditure: £62,486
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 31 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 January 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 November 2021
Ar Received Date: 8 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £19,909
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,670
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION COMMEMORATIVE FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1997-07-24T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: DECLARATION OF TRUST MADE 10 NOVEMBER 2006
Charitable Objects: TO FOSTER PATRIOTISM AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND PAST AND PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION AND ITS CURRENT DESCENDENT BRIGADES, BY THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE IN THETFORD FOREST, NORFOLK, OF A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO THE BRAVERY OF THE 7TH ARMOURED DIVISION.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 513588
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: THE DESERT RATS ASSOCIATION

Charity Name Id: 711441
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: The Friends of the Desert Rats

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints handling