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Registered charity · Aldershot

The Soldiers' and Aviators' Scripture Readers Association

The Soldiers' and Aviators' Scripture Readers Association is a registered charity (number 235708) based in Aldershot, governed by 12 trustees and chaired by Colonel John William Lewis. Latest income £1.7m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

Also known as S A S R A (Charity Commission)

4.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are, for the public benefit:(a) to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Belief; and (b) to promote the social, moral and spiritual welfare of the personnel of HM Forces, so...

  • 12 trustees
  • Income £1.7m (2025)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Germany, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.sasra.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Soldiers' and Aviators' Scripture Readers Association
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.7m£1.6m
  • 2024£2.1m£1.4m
  • 2023£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.3m£1.4m
  • 2021£1.3m£1.3m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

4.1 The objects for which the Charity is established are, for the public benefit:(a) to advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Basis of Belief; and (b) to promote the social, moral and spiritual welfare of the personnel of HM Forces, so far as this is consistent with the first object abovein particular, but not exclusively by, in any part of the world:(i) introducing servicemen and women to a practical experience of the Christian faith in support of the moral component of fighting power and their adherence to the Values & Standards of the British military;(ii) befriending servicemen and women with a view to supporting their spiritual welfare;(iii) encouraging serving Christians to witness to their colleagues by their manner of life and their spoken testimony;(iv) encouraging and facilitating regular individual and corporate Bible study and the formation of interdenominational fellowship gatherings;(v) holding talks, addresses and other events with a Bible focus;(vi) providing pastoral support for servicemen and women, where appropriate signposting them to support, medical and other welfare services; and(vii) providing social facilities for servicemen and women through which these activities may be undertaken.

Grants received

2 grants · £66,438 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.

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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.

8.5y median 8y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.4y
average years in governance
8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 12

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 9Education 1Tech and media 1

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  • 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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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£1.7m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

45.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.0 in 2021

30 from 31 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
235708
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 29 JUN 1937AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13 SEP 1938AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 NOV 1949AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 FEB 1950AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 01 MAR 1950AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08 JUL 1953AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11 MAY 1955AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20 DEC 1961AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 FEB 1971AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 JUL 2007 as amended on 20 Jul 2023 as amended on 24 May 2023 as amended on 25 May 2023 as amended on 24 May 2023
Companies House
Company number 00329268 · Active
Contact on the register
03000301302 · Execdir@sasra.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
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