ON COURSE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1136618 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

OCF provides long-term benefits for wounded, injured and sick Servicemen, women and veterans through the medium of golf. It provides golf familiarisation, skills and employment training, and then offers confidence-building practical training through work experience placements for those who wish to pursue full-time employment, which is a key element of physical and psychological recovery.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(1) THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT, SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF GOLF ACTIVITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL DISABILITY, SUFFER FROM A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR WHO ARE IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS OR DISABILITY.(2) THE RELIEF IN NEED, AND PROMOTION OF HEALTHY RECREATION, FOR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES WHO HAVE A PHYSICAL DISABILITY, SUFFER FROM A PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ILLNESS OR WHO ARE IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS OR DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE ENCOURAGEMENT, SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF GOLF ACTIVITIES.

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated an operating surplus of £67,813 and a net income of £65,202 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves increased to £491,780, which is in line with the stated policy target of one year of operating costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07267733

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — On Course Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Sinclair Charity — “The Sinclair Charity” (source page)
• The Joseph and Lilian Sully Foundation — “The Joseph and Lilian Sully Foundation” (source page)
• The Headley Court Charity — “The Headley Court Charity” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LAKE, Charles Michael — director, appointed 01/07/2020on trustee list
• GREGORY, Andrew Richard, Sir — director, appointed 01/08/2016on trustee list
• FALDO, Gillian Margaret — director, appointed 01/06/2016not on trustee list
• LEONARD, Timothy John Keene, Dr — director, appointed 30/06/2015not on trustee list
• SCHOFIELD, Keneth Douglas — director, appointed 30/06/2015not on trustee list
• COLES, Neil Chapman — director, appointed 21/07/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 2.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kenneth Schofield CBEchair
• Charles Michael Lake
• Gill Faldo
• MAJ GEN ANDREW GREGORY
• NEIL CHAPMAN COLES
• TIM LEONARD

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CARE FOR VETERANS.

• CARE FOR VETERANS income £5.9m
• GC FOUNDATION income £48k
• GET GOLFING CIO income £25.2m
• BACK ON TRACK income £32k
• CARE AFTER COMBAT income £973k
• RACING WELFARE income £5.5m

Side by side with its peers

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