SERVE ON LTD

Registered charity 1156504 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RESPONSE CHARITY SUPPORTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES IN TIMES OF NEED. WE TRAIN AND EQUIP DEDICATED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, EMERGENCY SERVICE AND FORMER MILITARY SERVICE PERSONNEL ALONGSIDE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM A NEW PURPOSE IN LIFE. BY CREATING MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS OF VOLUNTEERS, WE DELIVER IMMEDIATE RESPONSE WHEN AND WHERE REQUIRED.

Objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-1)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TO PROMOTE THE REHABILITATION OF EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL BY PROVIDING TRAINING TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR TRANSITION INTO CIVILIAN LIFE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO TRAIN THEM IN LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING;AND2)THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY TRAINING VOLUNTEERS TO FORM DISASTER RESPONSE TEAMS.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£72k
Latest spending
£123k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds were negative at year-end, reflecting historic commitments and reduced income. The trustees have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, citing improved financial resilience from reduced rental costs and decisive steps to restore sustainability. However, the charity experienced a significant net expenditure of £50,789 due to a sharp fall in donations and the absence of organized fundraising.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-7k)
“unrestricted funds were negative at year end, reflecting historic commitments and reduced income.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Historic posting and fund-allocation error
“During the year, the trustees identified a historic posting and fund-allocation error relating to the classification of income and expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 30

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 65

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 65

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

Funders the charity credits

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: British Virgin Islands · Haiti · India · Nepal · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£72k£123k
31/03/2024£98k£199k
31/03/2023£186k£177k
31/03/2022£91k£100k
31/03/2021£157k£137k

Common questions

Is SERVE ON LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds were negative at year-end, reflecting historic commitments and reduced income. The trustees have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, citing improved financial resilience from reduced rental costs and decisive steps to restore sustainability. However, the charity experienced a significant net expenditure of £50,789 due to a sharp fall in donations and the absence of organized fundraising. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SERVE ON LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SERVE ON LTD as a grant recipient include THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LAWSON TRUST CIO, THE RED SOCKS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10kTo help with the advances in health by the provision of personal protective equipment for the benefit of health & social care workers
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2024£5kOther grants
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2023£4k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2021£3k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2022£3k
THE RED SOCKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£150

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/06/2020£28kServe On - Covid 19 response
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2016£10kServe On Volunteer Organisations Coordination Facility

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SUPPORTING WOUNDED VETERANS LTD..

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SERVE ON LTD£72k—0below—no doubt
SUPPORTING WOUNDED VETERANS LTD. FY2026£1.3m——below—no doubt
REACT Disaster Response Ltd FY2025£1.6m——unclear—no doubt
SEARCH AND RESCUE ASSISTANCE IN DISASTERS FY2025£92k—0unclear—no doubt
REHABILITATION RESPONSE FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
ONE CAN TRUST FY2025£653k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.