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Registered charity · Portsmouth

Veterans Outreach Support

(1) The preservation and protection of the mental health, wellbeing and the relief of need for Armed Forces Veterans (both Regular and Reservist) or former members of the merchant marine and their families, insofar as they have charitable need, by...

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £877k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

Who leads it

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Where
Hampshire, Isle Of Wight, Portsmouth City
Website
www.vosuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Veterans Outreach Support
Registered
2013

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£877k£829k
  • 2024£718k£814k
  • 2023£808k£787k
Earlier years
  • 2022£637k£585k
  • 2021£361k£292k
Charitable objects

(1) The preservation and protection of the mental health, wellbeing and the relief of need for Armed Forces Veterans (both Regular and Reservist) or former members of the merchant marine and their families, insofar as they have charitable need, by providing assessment, treatment, support, advice, and advocacy.(2) Such other activities that, in the opinion of the trustees, further the Charity’s objective of providing support to Armed Forces Veterans (both Regular and Reservist) or former members of the merchant marine and their families.

Board analysis for researchers

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

5.1y median 4.5y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

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 8Disability 1Religious Activities 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.

Business services 7Hospitality 2Other services 2

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£877k 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.

2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.9 in 2021

15 from 8 in 2022
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1154429
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 APR 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 22/10/2013 as amended on 05 Apr 2022 as amended on 20 Oct 2022
Companies House
Company number 08479090 · Active
Contact on the register
02392731767 · ADMIN@VOSUK.ORG
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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