Registered charity · Devon
The Army Dependants' Trust
- 7 trustees
- Income £2.1m (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Maj Gen Jonathan Chestnutt CBEChair · since 2026
- Brian AlvinTrustee · since 2017
- Brigadier Christopher Coles CBETrustee · since 2017
- Brigadier Melissa Emmett MBETrustee · since 2024
- Christopher Palmer OBETrustee · since 2024
- Colonel Michael Sykes OBETrustee · since 2017
- Colonel Newton AstburyTrustee · since 2016
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.armydependantstrust.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1997
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£2.1m£2.0m
- 2023£2.1m£1.8m
- 2022£2.0m£2.0m
Earlier years
- 2021£1.9m£1.1m
- 2020£1.8m£1.8m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY THROUGH THE RELIEF OF DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SOLDIERS OR OFFICERS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(A) THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY;(B) THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SOLDIERS OR OFFICERS.(2) THE TRUSTEES MAY ASSIST DEPENDANTS BY:(A) THE PROVISION OF IMMEDIATE GRANTS; AND(B) THE RELIEF OF DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR THE EFFECTS OF OLD AGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, LOANS, GIFTS, PENSIONS OR OTHERWISE.(3) IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE OBJECT IN SUB CLAUSE (1) ABOVE, THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY IT:(A) IN MAKING GRANTS TO THE ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND (211645) FOR ITS GENERAL PURPOSES; OR(B) FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE BRITISH ARMY, OR THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN ANY CHARITABLE WAYS.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
7 trustees on the board
- Maj Gen Jonathan Chestnutt CBE Chair since 2026
- Brigadier Christopher Coles CBE since 2017
- Brian Alvin since 2017
- Brigadier Melissa Emmett MBE since 2024
- Christopher Palmer OBE since 2024
- Colonel Michael Sykes OBE since 2017
- Colonel Newton Astbury since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Brigadier Christopher Coles CBE since 2017
- Brian Alvin since 2017
- Colonel Michael Sykes OBE since 2017
- Colonel Newton Astbury since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Maj Gen Jonathan Chestnutt CBE Chair since 2026
- Brigadier Christopher Coles CBE since 2017
- Brian Alvin since 2017
- Brigadier Melissa Emmett MBE since 2024
- Colonel Michael Sykes OBE since 2017
Portfolio (2)
- Christopher Palmer OBE since 2024
- Colonel Newton Astbury since 2016
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1064522
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SCHEME OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION DATED 19 FEBRUARY 2009
- Contact on the register
- 01980345880 · office@armydependantstrust.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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