CARE AFTER COMBAT

Registered charity 1159342 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objects include, but are not limited to, providing peer mentorship and group support within the Justice System for the wellbeing of former British Armed Forces personnel and their Families.

Causes: Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£973k
Latest spending
£822k
Registered
2014
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £373,136, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £145,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £151,445 for the year, with total income of £973,327 against expenditure of £821,882. The trustees confirmed that the organization has maintained financial security and generated sufficient funds to support its operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Care After Combat Trading Limited
“The charity had a trading subsidiary, Care After Combat Trading Limited which is now dormant.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£973k
Total spending
£822k
Cost of raising funds
£41k
Reserves (reported)
£439k
Employees
19

Reported reserves equal ~6.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (71% 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: 4.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£973k£822k
31/03/2024£936k£835k
31/10/2022£382k£489k
31/10/2021£500k£446k
31/10/2020£594k£401k

Common questions

Is CARE AFTER COMBAT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £373,136, which is significantly above the trustees' stated policy target of £145,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £151,445 for the year, with total income of £973,327 against expenditure of £821,882. The trustees confirmed that the organization has maintained financial security and generated sufficient funds to support its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CARE AFTER COMBAT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CARE AFTER COMBAT as a grant recipient include LLOYD'S PATRIOTIC FUND, BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION, Army Benevolent Fund, ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND, THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LLOYD'S PATRIOTIC FUNDFY2024£45kSmall grant (Mental health – one-to-one support and mentoring for veterans in custody)
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2024£38k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2023£29k
Army Benevolent FundFY2023£15kWellbeing
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2025£15k
Army Benevolent FundFY2024£15kWellbeing
LLOYD'S PATRIOTIC FUNDFY2023£10kSmall annual grant
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUNDFY2024£10kForce for Change programme
LLOYD'S PATRIOTIC FUNDFY2022£10kSmall annual grant
THE JONES 1986 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1kPhysical Health & Handicap

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2023£10kProject Phoenix
The National Lottery Community Fund29/06/2021£10kProject Phoenix - Beneficiary Tracking
The National Lottery Community Fund01/02/2021£48kProject Phoenix

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CARE AFTER COMBAT£973k—0unclear—no doubt
CARE FOR VETERANS FY2024£5.9m——unclear—no doubt
COMBAT STRESS FY2026£14.3m£120,001 - £130,000—unclear—no doubt
FORCES SUPPORT LIMITED FY2025£2.3m£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
HELP FOR HEROES FY2025£22.8m——unclear—no doubt
VETERANS AID FY2025£2.2m£90,000 - £99,9994unclear—no doubt

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