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.

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

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.

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).

The National Lottery — “MCVC undertakes, participates in and supports a wide variety of projects, many of which have been funded by various organisations including …” (source page)
Coalfield’s Regeneration Trust — “MCVC undertakes, participates in and supports a wide variety of projects, many of which have been funded by various organisations including …” (source page)
Veterans’ Foundation — “Veterans’ Foundation” (source page)
Reaching Communities England — “Reaching Communities England” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Major Adie Huntchair
Carl Andrew Bunting
Damian Hardy
Michael Green
Neil Halsey
Rev Diane Etchell
Stuart Carvell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Rotherham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	22/09/2023	£127k	Military Community Veterans Centre - Supporting our veterans
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/12/2020	£10k	Hidden Faces
UK government	22/09/2020	£9k	Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/04/2019	£1k	Liberating the Digitaly Isolated