The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Association for Veterans of Foreign Wars Charitable Trust and Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 1109050 Registered since 2005

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

3 trustees on the board

7y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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£225 latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.avfw.org.uk
Emailpresident@avfw.org.uk
Phone01767683198
Address4 Church Path, SANDY, Bedfordshire, SG19 1ET

Finances

£225 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£0£0
2022£175£0
2023£145£10
2024£180£0
2025£225£0

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

3 (I) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS OF VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND SUCH OTHER SERVICES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DEEM NECESSARY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.3 (II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS IN THE HISTORY OF WORLD WAR II AND THE SUBSEQUENT CONFLICTS BY THE PROVISION OF PRESENTATIONS, MEETINGS, VISITS TO HISTORICAL SITES AND THE ORGANISATION OF OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 7 FEBRUARY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 17 MARCH 2005

Trustees (3)

3trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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