Registered charity · West Sussex
Care for Veterans
Care for Veterans is a registered charity (number 1072334) based in West Sussex, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by David Gareth Williams since 2019. Latest income £5.9m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
Also known as Gifford House (Charity Commission)
- 5 trustees
- Income £5.9m (2024)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Accommodation/housing
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.careforveterans.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Care for Veterans
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£5.9m£5.7m
- 2023£5.0m£5.0m
- 2022£4.8m£5.2m
Earlier years
- 2021£4.3m£5.0m
- 2020£6.0m£5.0m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 35% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FORMER MEMBERS OF HM ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES, BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION; CLINICAL CARE (INCLUDING END-OF-LIFE CARE AND OUTPATIENT CARE), AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES, (THE "OBJECTS")
Grants received
19 grants · £1,459,410 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Ministry of Defence · £1,194,006 (4 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £80,000 (2 grants)
- Sussex Community Foundation · £79,137 (3 grants)
- The Seafarers' Charity · £26,500 (2 grants)
- Veterans Foundation · £25,000
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
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.
5 trustees on the board
- David Gareth Williams Chair since 2019
- Anna Mary Harrison since 2021
- Luke John Houghton since 2025
- Maria Byford since 2025
- Susan Jane Bush since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- David Gareth Williams Chair since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Anna Mary Harrison since 2021
- Susan Jane Bush since 2025
Portfolio (3)
- David Gareth Williams Chair since 2019
- Luke John Houghton since 2025
- Maria Byford since 2025
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.
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
9.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 10.3 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1072334
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 OCT 1998AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 SEP 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 MAY 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 NOV 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 21 AUG 2017AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 DEC 2018 as amended on 06 Sept 2023 as amended on 21 Sept 2024 as amended on 31 Mar 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 03646570 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01903213458 · ceo@careforveterans.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th 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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