DEFENCE ACADEMY STATION & WELFARE FUND

Registered charity 1132359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary aim of the Station & Welfare Fund is to improve the amenities of the Station by providing grants (as approved by the Fund Committee/IMC) to Station departments and clubs. On the proviso that personnel pay Station & Welfare subscriptions, the Fund will consider bids from individuals/groups who undertake worthwhile activities of a welfare, sporting, recreational, or academic nature.

Objects

The charity's object (the object) is 'the promotion of efficiency of the armed forces of the Crown by the provision and support of facilities and activities for the efficiency and well-being of service personnel'.

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: Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the independent examiner identified several areas requiring action, including a balance sheet quick ratio of 0.25 which is below the recommended threshold of 1. The examiner also noted that the previous period's total figure on the Statement of Financial Activities differed from the prior year's figure, requiring investigation. Additionally, cash flow was noted to be tied up in receivables, with the current balance amounting to 24.7% of revenue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katherine Elizabeth Ingram MBE · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Swindon

Income and spending

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