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The Veterans Charity

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £397k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency and 2 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.veteranscharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Veterans Charity
Registered
2008

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£397k£384k
  • 2024£423k£381k
  • 2023£278k£273k
Earlier years
  • 2022£229k£221k
  • 2021£177k£170k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE THE MILITARY EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES AND TO FOSTER GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A MEMORIAL OR MEMORIALS TO THOSE SERVICE PERSONNEL WHO TOOK PART IN THE OPERATION TO CAPTURE VITAL BRIDGES IN NORMANDY, FRANCE, AS A PRELUDE TO D-DAY IN JUNE 1944 AND THEREBY ENCOURAGING AND MAINTAINING PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY SUCH PERSONS. (2) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE OPERATION TO CAPTURE VITAL BRIDGES IN NORMANDY, FRANCE, AS A PRELUDE TO D-DAY IN JUNE 1944. (3) TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR SERVING AND FORMER SERVING PERSONNEL AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO MAY BE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Grants received

8 grants · £136,000 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.

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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.

6y median 4.5y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.5y
average years in governance
3
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7General Charitable Purposes 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

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

Other services 3

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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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£423k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1123149
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 28 JANUARY 2008 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 8 JULY 2011 AND SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 23 JULY 2015 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 12/01/2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 30 OCT 2015
Companies House
Company number 06484880 · Active
Contact on the register
01271371001 · contact@veteranscharity.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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