Registered charity · Kent
Royal British Veterans Enterprise LTD.
- 13 trustees
- Income £24m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Steven Edward RowbothamChair · since 2020
- Alison StartTrustee · since 2024
- Ameer KotechaTrustee · since 2024
- Brigadier David InnesTrustee · since 2021
- Christopher SpaldingTrustee · since 2024
- David DentTrustee · since 2024
- James Edward GriffithsTrustee · since 2025
- Mark BaileyTrustee · since 2025
- Matthew KelleherTrustee · since 2024
- Nicholas StonleyTrustee · since 2025
- Parul Kaul GreenTrustee · since 2024
- Peter AlesburyTrustee · since 2024
- Rebecca LewisTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland
- Website
- www.rbve.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Royal British Veterans Enterprise LTD.
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£24m£23m
- 2024£27m£24m
- 2023£26m£23m
Earlier years
- 2022£22m£21m
- 2021£20m£19m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 3% · Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR INCAPACITY.(B) THE RELIEF OF THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF HM FORCES, THEIR RELATIVES AND DEPENDANTS.(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING.(D) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.(E) TO PROMOTE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO THEIR ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT.(F) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE OBJECTS THE WORD "DISABILITY" INCLUDES ANY PHYSICAL, MENTAL OR SENSORY DISABILITY OR DISADVANTAGE OR RESTRICTION OF ACTIVITY HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY IRRESPECTIVE OF THE PERSON'S RACE, NATIONALITY, RELIGIOUS BELIEF, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR AGE.
Grants received
36 grants · £4,654,409 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,475,341 (10 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £1,300,000 (2 grants)
- The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust · £1,000,000
- Ministry of Defence · £465,670 (10 grants)
- Veterans Foundation · £182,500 (5 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Steven Edward Rowbotham Chair since 2020
- Alison Start since 2024
- Ameer Kotecha since 2024
- Brigadier David Innes since 2021
- Christopher Spalding since 2024
- David Dent since 2024
- James Edward Griffiths since 2025
- Mark Bailey since 2025
- Matthew Kelleher since 2024
- Nicholas Stonley since 2025
- Parul Kaul Green since 2024
- Peter Alesbury since 2024
- Rebecca Lewis since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Steven Edward Rowbotham Chair since 2020
- Alison Start since 2024
- Brigadier David Innes since 2021
- Christopher Spalding since 2024
- David Dent since 2024
- James Edward Griffiths since 2025
- Mark Bailey since 2025
- Matthew Kelleher since 2024
- Nicholas Stonley since 2025
- Parul Kaul Green since 2024
- Peter Alesbury since 2024
- Rebecca Lewis since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Ameer Kotecha since 2024
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.
Gaps to watch
- Narrow spread of causes across 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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 8.9 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 210063
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 3/9/1919 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 15/7/1967, 13/7/1968, 18/3/1972, 7/2/1976, 6/5/1978, 21/10/1982, 29/1/1983, 24/9/1988, 01/10/94, 27/04/2005, 2/5/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29 SEP 2016 as amended on 28 Jun 2018 as amended on 18 Oct 2022 as amended on 20 Mar 2025 as amended on 13 Nov 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 00158479 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01622795949 · enquiries@rbve.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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