Registered charity (CIO) · Staffordshire
The Ulysses Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £428k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Air Commodore Dawn Mccafferty CBETrustee · since 2024
- Brigadier Tim Seal TD DL VRTrustee · since 2023
- Captain Stephen Mardlin MBETrustee · since 2026
- Colonel Mark Siebenaller TD VR FrgsTrustee · since 2024
- James Richard Swinburn WilsonTrustee · since 2018
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel TebayTrustee · since 2026
- Lieutenant Colonel Victoria Jane Tannahill VRTrustee · since 2026
- LT Colonel Philip Neame MBETrustee · since 2017
- ROD StablesTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Amateur Sport, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- ulyssestrust.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£428k£470k
- 2023£482k£398k
- 2022£409k£356k
Earlier years
- 2021£172k£125k
- 2020£172k£125k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
FURTHERING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTEER RESERVE FORCES AND THE EDUCATION OF THEIR PERSONNEL; PROMOTING INTEREST AND MORALE IN THE VOLUNTEER RESERVE FORCES AND RECRUITMENT TO THEM; AND PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE CADET FORCES AND ENABLING IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SUCH PERSONS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED; BY UNDERTAKING EXPEDITIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN GEOLOGY GEOPHYSICS GLACIOLOGY METEOROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY ORNITHOLOGY BOTANY NATURAL HISTORY AND KINDRED SCIENCES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT FURTHER THE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE. SUCH EXPEDITIONS MAY INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT THEMSELVES MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER RESERVE FORCES BUT WHOSE PRESENCE NONETHELESS PROMOTES THE OBJECTS. IN THIS CLAUSE: "VOLUNTEER RESERVE FORCES" SHALL MEAN AUXILIARIES AND RESERVISTS OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES; AND “CADET FORCES” SHALL MEAN ANY MEMBER OF A CADET UNIT THAT IS SPONSORED BY THE MOD (ARMY CADET FORCE, SEA CADET CORPS, MOD SPONSORED SEA SCOUTS, RAF AIR CADETS, AIR TRAINING CORPS, RM VOLUNTEER CADET CORPS, RN VOLUNTEER CADET CORPS, COMBINED CADET FORCE, AS WELL AS ADULT VOLUNTEERS WITH THE CADET FORCES AND THE CADET EXPANSION PROGRAMME), OR A MEMBER OF A YOUTH ORGANISATION THAT WORKS UNDER A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE MOD
Grants received
4 grants · £70,000 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
- Veterans Foundation · £60,000 (2 grants)
- The Grocers' Charity · £10,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Air Commodore Dawn Mccafferty CBE since 2024
- Brigadier Tim Seal TD DL VR since 2023
- Captain Stephen Mardlin MBE since 2026
- Colonel Mark Siebenaller TD VR Frgs since 2024
- James Richard Swinburn Wilson since 2018
- LT Colonel Philip Neame MBE since 2017
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Tebay since 2026
- Lieutenant Colonel Victoria Jane Tannahill VR since 2026
- ROD Stables since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- James Richard Swinburn Wilson since 2018
- LT Colonel Philip Neame MBE since 2017
- ROD Stables since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Air Commodore Dawn Mccafferty CBE since 2024
- Brigadier Tim Seal TD DL VR since 2023
- Captain Stephen Mardlin MBE since 2026
- James Richard Swinburn Wilson since 2018
- LT Colonel Philip Neame MBE since 2017
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Tebay since 2026
- Lieutenant Colonel Victoria Jane Tannahill VR since 2026
- ROD Stables since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Colonel Mark Siebenaller TD VR Frgs since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
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
- 1170600
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 07 DEC 2016AMENDED ON 15 OCT 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07415 702685 · honsec@ulyssestrust.co.uk
- 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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