THE ARMY DEPENDANTS' TRUST

Registered charity 1064522 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ADT, THE SOLDIERS' DEPENDANTS FUND, The Army Bereavement Trust

1. To promote the efficiency of the Army by providing immediate financial relief of persons who are in a condition of need, hardship or distress and are the dependants or next of kin of a deceased soldier or officer.2. If and insofar as trustees cannot apply the income for the object above, they will apply it in making grants to the ABF The Soldiers' Charity for their general purposes.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY THROUGH THE RELIEF OF DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SOLDIERS OR OFFICERS IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF PRIORITY:(A) THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE CHARITY;(B) THE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED SOLDIERS OR OFFICERS.(2) THE TRUSTEES MAY ASSIST DEPENDANTS BY:(A) THE PROVISION OF IMMEDIATE GRANTS; AND(B) THE RELIEF OF DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR THE EFFECTS OF OLD AGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, LOANS, GIFTS, PENSIONS OR OTHERWISE.(3) IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE OBJECT IN SUB CLAUSE (1) ABOVE, THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY IT:(A) IN MAKING GRANTS TO THE ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND (211645) FOR ITS GENERAL PURPOSES; OR(B) FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE BRITISH ARMY, OR THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN ANY CHARITABLE WAYS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted funds of £31.7 million, which exceeds its stated reserves policy target of £28.2 million. The organization generated a net income of £2.8 million for the year, driven significantly by investment gains, while total resources expended on charitable activities and governance amounted to £1.9 million. The accounts indicate no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hysons Audit Services Ltd. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £60,001 - £70,000 (FY2024) to £70,001 - £80,000 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~201.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maj Gen Jonathan Chestnutt CBEchair
• BRIGADIER CHRISTOPHER COLES CBE
• Brian Alvin
• Brigadier Melissa Emmett MBE
• Christopher Palmer OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colonel Michael SYKES OBE
• Colonel Newton Astbury · trustee of 3 other charities

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Army Benevolent Fund.

• Army Benevolent Fund income £13.7m
• ARMY FAMILIES FEDERATION income £1.4m
• ARMED FORCES WIDOWS AND BEREAVED FAMILIES ASSOCIATION (UK) income £51k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND income £409k
• FORCES CHILDREN'S TRUST income £83k
• THE RIFLES OFFICERS' FUND income £39k

Side by side with its peers

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