DEFENCE ACADEMY STATION OFFICERS MESS

Registered charity 1163155 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of efficiency of the Armed Forces of the Crown by the provision and support of facilities and activities for the well-being of Service (Officers Mess) personnel.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT (THE OBJECT) IS 'THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE EFFICIENCY AND WELL-BEING OF SERVICE PERSONNEL'.

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

Causes: Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts are prepared on an accrual basis and have undergone an independent examination by Maj S Kamble. The examiner confirmed that accounting records are maintained to the required standard and that the service fund remains viable for future periods.

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 2 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Katherine Elizabeth Ingram MBE · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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