The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Soldiers' and Aviators' Scripture Readers Association

Registered charity 235708 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Germany, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

8.5y median 8y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.5y
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 13

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
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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.

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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Contact

Websitewww.sasra.org.uk
EmailExecdir@sasra.org.uk
Phone03000301302
AddressThe Soldiers & Airmens Scripture, Readers Association, Havelock House, Barrack Road, ALDERSHOT, GU11 3NP

Finances

£1,664,962 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,266,525£1,333,882
2022£1,347,351£1,375,069
2023£1,265,140£1,333,559
2024£2,067,947£1,359,988
2025£1,664,962£1,563,140

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

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.

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

Trustees (13)

13trustees
43median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Soldiers' and Aviators' Scripture Readers Association · 00329268 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/06/1937

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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