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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 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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

3y median 1y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (3)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Accommodation/housing 5Disability 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 5Finance 3Business services 2

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.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.9m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 10.3 in 2020

122 from 133 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
36%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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
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