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Registered charity (CIO) · Coventry

Veterans Community Network

Veterans Community Network is a registered charity (number 1191970) based in Coventry, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by Thomas John Crossman-Kellie since 2025. Latest income £47k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as VCN (Charity Commission)

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £47k (2025)
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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
General Charitable Purposes, Disability, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Other Charitable Purposes
Where
Bedford, Buckinghamshire, Central Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes and more
Website
vcn.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2020

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£47k£65k
  • 2024£105k£112k
  • 2023£102k£110k
Earlier years
  • 2022£66k£33k

Income trend, 2022 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 85%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND TO PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBING OF EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL (HM ARMED FORCES) AND RESERVISTS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, BEDFORDSHIRE, OXFORDSHIRE AND BERKSHIRE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH COMRADESHIP, HELP AND ASSISTANCE AND BY OFFERING THEM A SIGNPOSTING SERVICE TO EXPERT SUPPORT PROVIDERS FOR THEIR BENEFIT.

Grants received

5 grants · £52,290 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.

Top funders

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.

5 trustees on the board

0.8y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
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 5Disability 5General Charitable Purposes 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£47k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1191970
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Oct 2020 as amended on 11 Dec 2024
Contact on the register
+447902632949 · admin@vcn.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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