It provided assistance to the widows, orphans and other dependants of members of the armed forces.

Under The Royal Patriotic Fund (Transfer of Property, Rights And Liabilities) Order 2005 these responsibilities were transferred to RPFC, a charitable company limited by guarantee.

[1] The fund has both a General Council and a smaller Executive Committee, which handles the daily running of the organisation.

RPFC was registered as a charity by the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 6 April 2005 and removed from the register on 23 September 2011.

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