Registered charity (CIO) · East Sussex
The Ripple Pond
The objects of the CIO are to relieve the need, suffering and distress of Beneficiaries, in particular by:• Enabling Beneficiaries to meet each other to provide reassurance and comfort to one another;• Providing an opportunity to Beneficiaries to...
- 7 trustees
- Income £366k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada and more
- Website
- www.theripplepond.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£366k£271k
- 2024£214k£255k
- 2023£207k£196k
Earlier years
- 2022£218k£128k
- 2021£155k£121k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 51%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
The objects of the CIO are to relieve the need, suffering and distress of Beneficiaries, in particular by:• Enabling Beneficiaries to meet each other to provide reassurance and comfort to one another;• Providing an opportunity to Beneficiaries to share coping strategies; and• Encouraging self-motivation amongst Beneficiaries for recovery from secondary trauma. Beneficiaries must be at least 18 years of age.In this objects clause:1. "Beneficiaries" shall mean: a) the families, partners, relatives and other dependants of members and former members of the British Armed Forces; and b) the families, partners, relatives and other dependants of members and former members of any Allied Forces Unit.2. "Allied Forces Unit" shall mean any unit of any foreign military body allied to His Majesty's Armed Forces at the time of the Member's service
Grants received
10 grants · £646,236 total360Giving 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
- Ministry of Defence · £351,055 (7 grants)
- Veterans Foundation · £202,101 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £93,080
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defence
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Brigadier Andrew Charles Wood Chair since 2022
- Gemma Begley since 2023
- Jacqueline Ruth Watts since 2020
- Jonathan Werrett since 2023
- Rachel Mason since 2021
- Sarah Elizabeth Cook since 2023
- Simon Mark Broomfield since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Jacqueline Ruth Watts since 2020
- Simon Mark Broomfield since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Gemma Begley since 2023
- Jacqueline Ruth Watts since 2020
- Jonathan Werrett since 2023
- Rachel Mason since 2021
- Sarah Elizabeth Cook since 2023
- Simon Mark Broomfield since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Brigadier Andrew Charles Wood Chair since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1161224
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 09 APR 2015AMENDED ON 07 MAR 2016 as amended on 23 Jan 2024
- Contact on the register
- 03339001028 · admin@theripplepond.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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