THE RIPPLE POND

Registered charity 1161224 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC046402 (OSCR)

The Ripple Pond provides peer-led services for adults supporting loved ones who have beenphysically, or psychologically injured due to their service with The British Armed Forces.We serve all families regardless of services, both regular and reserve, commissioned and non-commissioned.Our peer-led services provide support groups, specialised 1-to-1 support and information and event services.

Objects

The objects of the CIO are to relieve the need, suffering and distress of Beneficiaries, in particular by:• Enabling Beneficiaries to meet each other to provide reassurance and comfort to one another;• Providing an opportunity to Beneficiaries to share coping strategies; and• Encouraging self-motivation amongst Beneficiaries for recovery from secondary trauma. Beneficiaries must be at least 18 years of age.In this objects clause:1. "Beneficiaries" shall mean: a) the families, partners, relatives and other dependants of members and former members of the British Armed Forces; and b) the families, partners, relatives and other dependants of members and former members of any Allied Forces Unit.2. "Allied Forces Unit" shall mean any unit of any foreign military body allied to His Majesty's Armed Forces at the time of the Member's service

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Registered contact address: Lewes, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with total unrestricted funds of £234,935, having generated a net income of £94,449. The Trustees consider the four-to-six-month buffer of unrestricted funds to be a satisfactory reserve policy, noting that maintaining larger financial reserves is not yet appropriate due to the significant proportion of restricted funding. The charity remains a going concern with adequate resources to meet its objectives for the foreseeable future.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Ripple Pond (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).

• Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust — “The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust supports the Armed Forces Covenant, by delivering funding programmes that create real change to Armed F…” (source page)
• The Veterans’ Foundation — “We are incredibly honoured not only to have received the very generous support of The Veterans’ Foundation, but also to feature as part of t…” (source page)
• Lloyds Veterans Charity — “Formerly the Lloyds Patriotic Fund, The Lloyds Veterans Charity had been providing funds for organisations supporting veterans and their fam…” (source page)
• The Army Benevolent Fund — “The Army Benevolent Fund is the Army’s national charity. They provide support for soldiers, past and present, and their families for life. I…” (source page)
• The RAF Benevolent Fund — “The RAF Benevolent Fund is the RAF's longest-standing charity for serving and former RAF personnel and their families. It exists to improve …” (source page)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Brigadier Andrew Charles Woodchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gemma Begley
• Jacqueline Ruth Watts
• Jonathan Werrett
• Rachel Mason
• Sarah Elizabeth Cook
• Simon Mark Broomfield

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

Operates in: Canada · Chile · Cyprus · Falkland Islands · France · Germany · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Spain · Throughout England And Wales

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with POMPE SUPPORT NETWORK.

• POMPE SUPPORT NETWORK income £94k
• THE PIXEL FUND income £3.0m
• THE RIFLES OFFICERS' FUND income £39k
• THE RIFLES BENEVOLENT TRUST income £1.0m
• TROOP AID income £237k
• RIVERS FOUNDATION income £338k

Side by side with its peers

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