VETERANS IN SEFTON

Registered charity 1168128 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Befriending and mentoring service for our beneficiaries; information, advice and guidance; earlyintervention psychological support; NAAFI style socialization service; deliver presentations and trainingsessions to the general public about the armed forces, servicemen, their experiences, the impact on theirwell being and the challenge they face when reorienting back into the civil community.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF PERSONS LIVING IN SEFTON, MERSEYSIDE AND SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES, BOTH REGULAR AND RESERVISTS, THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS, BY ADVANCING ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:-- PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE THEIR SOCIAL INCLUSION; - PROVIDING COUNSELLING, ADVICE AND MENTORING SUPPORT;- PROMOTING AND PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH AND WELL BEING;- ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ARMED FORCES AND;TO PROMOTE AND ORGANISE COOPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES.

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£173k
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a stable financial position, supported by a diversified mix of grant funding, service-level agreements, and community donations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held at year-end were considered adequate and in line with the stated policy target of three months' operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Lottery Main Grant (50% of income)
“Lottery Main Grant 86,540 86,540 19,725” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' operating costs (held: £39k)
“The target is to hold a minimum of three months’ operating costs in unrestricted reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: No personal benefit received beyond reimbursement of expenses
“No trustee or related party has received any personal benefit from the charity’s funds during the reporting period, beyond the reimbursement of approved out-of-pocket expenses.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sefton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£173k£124k
31/03/2024£115k£128k
31/03/2023£112k£1.4m
31/03/2022£164k£125k
31/03/2021£164k£125k

Common questions

Is VETERANS IN SEFTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a stable financial position, supported by a diversified mix of grant funding, service-level agreements, and community donations. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves held at year-end were considered adequate and in line with the stated policy target of three months' operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/11/2024£18kAssistant Operations Officer
The National Lottery Community Fund15/03/2024£273kBuilding Community resilience
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2023£10kWellbeing Anabasis Retreat
UK government13/11/2020£35k£10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
UK government22/09/2020£8kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/06/2019£316kVeterans in Sefton
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2018£10kVeterans in Sefton Holistic Support Programme
UK government01/04/2018£20kALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund