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.

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.

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.

Government & lottery funding

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