ROTHERHAM MILITARY COMMUNITY VETERANS CENTRE (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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
“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
“its ongoing operations are currently dependant on funding from grant providers, together with financial support and fundraising from corporate and individual donors.”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- 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
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
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
Corporate structure
- Registered company of the charity Companies House CE008074
Funders the charity credits
- The National Lottery
- Coalfield’s Regeneration Trust
- Veterans’ Foundation
- Reaching Communities England
Trustees
- Major Adie Huntchair
- Carl Andrew Bunting
- Damian Hardy
- Michael Green
- Neil Halsey
- Rev Diane Etchell
- Stuart Carvell
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
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 05/11/2025 | £307k | Rotherham Military Community Support |
| 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 |
Funders of similar charities
Charities like this
- THE RAVC WELFARE & BENEVOLENT FUND
- MARKHAM MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME
- UNITY CENTRE ROTHERHAM
- THE VETERANS CONTACT POINT
- YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE
- VALEHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROTHERHAM MILITARY COMMUNITY VETERANS CENTRE (MCVC) | £162k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| THE RAVC WELFARE & BENEVOLENT FUND | £53k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| MARKHAM MINERS' WELFARE SCHEME | £38k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| UNITY CENTRE ROTHERHAM | £380k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| THE VETERANS CONTACT POINT | £106k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| YORK CENTRE FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE | £1.7m | more than £60,000 | 1 | unclear | — | no doubt |