ROTHERHAM MILITARY COMMUNITY VETERANS CENTRE (MCVC)

Registered charity 1169595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MCVC

To provide comradeship and a signposting service to veterans and their dependants in the South Yorkshire area.

Objects

THE OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”) OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND TO PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL (HM ARMED FORCES) AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN THEROTHERHAM AREA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH COMRADESHIP, HELP AND ASSISTANCE AND BY OFFERING THEM A SIGNPOSTING SERVICE TO EXPERT SUPPORT PROVIDERS FOR THEIRBENEFIT.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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

Registered contact address: Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£162k
Latest spending
£130k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £31,431 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds increasing to £104,892. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £27,797, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £20,000. However, the trustees note that ongoing operations are currently dependent on funding from grant providers and donors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month’s salaries cost and three months general running costs (approx. £20,000) (held: £28k)
“The current policy is that the trustees will maintain as a reserve of unrestricted funds, one month’s salaries cost and three months general running costs. Based on the levels of expenditure in this financial period, this equates to approximately £20,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“its ongoing operations are currently dependant on funding from grant providers, together with financial support and fundraising from corporate and individual donors.”
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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 14

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 16

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

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — MCVC (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).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Rotherham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£162k£130k
31/12/2024£186k£144k
31/08/2023£58k£90k
31/08/2022£43k£27k
31/08/2021£43k£23k

Common questions

Is ROTHERHAM MILITARY COMMUNITY VETERANS CENTRE (MCVC) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £31,431 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total funds increasing to £104,892. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £27,797, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £20,000. However, the trustees note that ongoing operations are currently dependent on funding from grant providers and donors. 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 Fund05/11/2025£307kRotherham Military Community Support
The National Lottery Community Fund22/09/2023£127kMilitary Community Veterans Centre - Supporting our veterans
The National Lottery Community Fund11/12/2020£10kHidden Faces
UK government22/09/2020£9kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund04/04/2019£1kLiberating the Digitaly Isolated

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE RAVC WELFARE & BENEVOLENT FUND.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROTHERHAM MILITARY COMMUNITY VETERANS CENTRE (MCVC)£162k—0unclear—noted
THE RAVC WELFARE & BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
MARKHAM MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME FY2025£38k——unclear—no doubt
UNITY CENTRE ROTHERHAM FY2025£380k—0unclear—no doubt
THE VETERANS CONTACT POINT FY2026£106k——unclear—no doubt
YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£1.7mmore than £60,0001unclear—no doubt

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