BOURNEMOUTH WAR MEMORIAL HOMES

Registered charity 1162066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BWMH

The charity operates as a landlord letting its own flats and bungalows to ex service men and women and their families

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 THE RELIEF OF BENEFICIARIES WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL HEALTH. DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION.4.2 SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIARIES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DECIDE.4.3 IF AND IN SO FAR AS THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY CANNOT BE APPLIED TOWARDS THE OBJECTS ABOVE IT MAY BE APPLIED FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO BENEFICIARIES."BENEFICIARIES" MEANS FORMER MEMBERS OF THE MERCHANT NAVY, FORMER SERVICE PERSONNEL OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND SURVIVING DEPENDANTS OF MEN OR WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY OR ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN AND WHO ARE IN NEED OR VULNERABLE BY REASON OF THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, WITH A PREFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WHO RESIDE OR HAVE RESIDED IN THE BOROUGH OF BOURNEMOUTH.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,222,231 for the year, driven largely by a capital grant from the Armed Forces Covenant Fund rather than operating income. Unrestricted reserves stood at £3,131,000, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future repair and project expenditure. The charity maintains adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Funders the charity credits

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

• ABF The Soldiers Charity — “in recent times have received grants from that ABF The Soldiers Charity” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £685k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (61% 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: 1.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/08/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER ANTHONY MATTHEWSchair
• GORDON ANDREW LONG FCA
• Mark John Powell
• Natalie Jayne Burman
• RICARDO DOMINIC COBELLI OBE
• Sophie Round

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

Operates in: Bournemouth

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BROADSTONE WAR MEMORIAL HALL.

• BROADSTONE WAR MEMORIAL HALL income £34k
• CARE FOR VETERANS income £5.9m
• BUTTERFIELD HOMES income £30k
• BOLDRE WAR MEMORIAL HALL income £57k
• VETERANS AID income £2.2m
• CARE AFTER COMBAT income £973k

Side by side with its peers

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