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The ST. John and RED Cross Defence Medical Welfare Service

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £4.8m (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Cyprus, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.dmws.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The ST. John and RED Cross Defence Medical Welfare Service
Registered
2001

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£4.8m£4.4m
  • 2025£4.2m£3.8m
  • 2024£3.4m£3.1m
Earlier years
  • 2023£2.8m£2.8m
  • 2022£2.2m£2.1m

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government contracts 20% · Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1. THE PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES FOR MEMBERS OF HM FORCES, THEIR DEPENDANTS, AND OTHERS ENGAGED BY OR ACTING IN SUPPORT OF THE ARMED FORCES; AND 2. THE CARRYING ON OF SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND AS THE DIRECTORS SHALL THINK FIT.

Grants received

52 grants · £4,465,293 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002025-09-25
  • Veterans Foundation £170,0002025-06-25
  • Ministry of Defence £20,0002025-03-25
  • Ministry of Defence £19,2262025-03-25
  • Ministry of Defence £98,8102025-03-21
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.

8 trustees on the board

6.4y median 7.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8General Charitable Purposes 2Disability 1

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 7Finance 1Other services 1

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.

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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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
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.

3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 1.4 in 2021

79 from 42 in 2021
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.
39%
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
1087210
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/03/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/01/2006NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 03/08/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/11/2014 as amended on 31 Jul 2018
Companies House
Company number 04185635 · Active
Contact on the register
01264774000 · info@dmws.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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