Church of England Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Clubs

Registered charity 226684 Registered since 1963

Operates: Greenwich, Cornwall, Dorset, Hampshire, Essex, Suffolk

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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

Captain Nicholas Edgar Fletcher Chair since 2025
Alexandra Sard MBE since 2023
Allan Davies since 2025
Andrew Joseph Cobb since 2026
Commander Simon John Snowball since 2019
David John Foster FCA since 2019
Margaret Grindell MSc since 2022
Steven David Rice since 2022

3.4y median 3.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Commander Simon John Snowball since 2019
David John Foster FCA since 2019

7.2y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Captain Nicholas Edgar Fletcher Chair since 2025
Alexandra Sard MBE since 2023
Allan Davies since 2025
Andrew Joseph Cobb since 2026
Commander Simon John Snowball since 2019
David John Foster FCA since 2019
Margaret Grindell MSc since 2022
Steven David Rice since 2022

company-linked trustees

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 2Business services 1Education 1

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.

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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£1.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

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.

28.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 57.9 in 2021

46 from 29 in 2021

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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.cessaha.co.uk/cessac
Email	JOSEPH.PETTY@CESSAHA.CO.UK
Phone	02392 829319
Address	CESSAC, 1 Shakespeare Terrace, 126 High Street, PORTSMOUTH, PO1 2RH

Finances

£1,094,706 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£670,468	£784,683
2022	£931,820	£1,056,673
2023	£1,048,358	£1,227,766
2024	£1,047,812	£1,284,865
2025	£1,094,706	£1,297,705

What it does

What

Accommodation/housingArmed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency

Who

Elderly/old PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

TO OPEN, CARRY ON, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CHURCH OF ENGLAND SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMENS CLUBS. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED IN HER MAJESTY'S FORCES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF HOUSING. TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AMONGST THOSE SERVING IN HER MAJESTY'S FORCES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 MAY 1897AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14 JUL 1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18 SEP 1901AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13 NOV 1996 as amended on 21 Jun 2023

Trustees (8)

8trustees

69median age

2aged 70+

Captain Nicholas Edgar Fletcherage band 65-69 Chair since 2025
Alexandra Sard MBEage band 75-79 since 2023
Allan Daviesage band 60-64 since 2025
Andrew Joseph Cobbage band 70-74 since 2026
Commander Simon John Snowball since 2019
David John Foster FCA since 2019
Margaret Grindell MSc since 2022
Steven David Riceage band 65-69 since 2022

Linked company (Companies House)

Church of England Soldiers, Sailors & Airmens Clubs · 00034118 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/05/1891

5 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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