THE ULYSSES TRUST

Registered charity 1170600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Fundraising in order to provide financial support to Adventurous Training and challenging activities by members of UK's Military Reserve and Cadet Forces.

Objects

FURTHERING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTEER RESERVE FORCES AND THE EDUCATION OF THEIR PERSONNEL; PROMOTING INTEREST AND MORALE IN THE VOLUNTEER RESERVE FORCES AND RECRUITMENT TO THEM; AND PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF MEMBERS OF THE CADET FORCES AND ENABLING IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, SUCH PERSONS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND MORAL CAPABILITIES THAT THEIR CONDITION OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED; BY UNDERTAKING EXPEDITIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN GEOLOGY GEOPHYSICS GLACIOLOGY METEOROLOGY PHYSIOLOGY ORNITHOLOGY BOTANY NATURAL HISTORY AND KINDRED SCIENCES OR FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT FURTHER THE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE. SUCH EXPEDITIONS MAY INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NOT THEMSELVES MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTEER RESERVE FORCES BUT WHOSE PRESENCE NONETHELESS PROMOTES THE OBJECTS. IN THIS CLAUSE: "VOLUNTEER RESERVE FORCES" SHALL MEAN AUXILIARIES AND RESERVISTS OF HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES; AND “CADET FORCES” SHALL MEAN ANY MEMBER OF A CADET UNIT THAT IS SPONSORED BY THE MOD (ARMY CADET FORCE, SEA CADET CORPS, MOD SPONSORED SEA SCOUTS, RAF AIR CADETS, AIR TRAINING CORPS, RM VOLUNTEER CADET CORPS, RN VOLUNTEER CADET CORPS, COMBINED CADET FORCE, AS WELL AS ADULT VOLUNTEERS WITH THE CADET FORCES AND THE CADET EXPANSION PROGRAMME), OR A MEMBER OF A YOUTH ORGANISATION THAT WORKS UNDER A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE MOD

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lichfield, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £370,206 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven primarily by donations and legacies which accounted for 93.1% of total incoming resources. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £495,666, which are available to be spent on any charitable purposes without a stated policy target for reserves. Governance costs were minimal, with trustee expenses totaling £2,921 and independent examiner's fees at £2,500.

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 3 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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)

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Clive Richards Foundation — “Clive Richards Foundation” (source page)
• Gareth Neame Foundation — “Gareth Neame Foundation” (source page)
• Leigh Lodge Centenary Fund — “Leigh Lodge Centenary Fund” (source page)
• Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown — “Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown” (source page)
• RAF Charitable Trust — “RAF Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Sir James Knott Trust — “Sir James Knott Trust” (source page)
• The Armourers and Brasiers’ Gauntlet Trust — “The Armourers and Brasiers’ Gauntlet Trust” (source page)
• The Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust — “The Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust” (source page)
• The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund — “The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund” (source page)
• The Westminster Foundation — “The Westminster Foundation” (source page)
• The Veterans’ Foundation — “The Veterans’ Foundation” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~11.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Air Commodore Dawn McCafferty CBE
• Brigadier Tim Seal TD DL VR
• Captain Stephen Mardlin MBE
• Colonel Mark Siebenaller TD VR FRGS · trustee of 2 other charities
• JAMES RICHARD SWINBURN WILSON
• LT COLONEL PHILIP NEAME MBE
• Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Tebay
• Lieutenant Colonel Victoria Jane Tannahill VR
• ROD STABLES

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ULTING OVERSEAS TRUST.

• ULTING OVERSEAS TRUST income £84k
• THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST income £155k
• THE FORT TRUST income £29k
• FORCES CHILDREN'S TRUST income £83k
• THE RIFLES REGIMENTAL TRUST income £574k
• LUCKY'S LEGACY RESCUE income £98k

Side by side with its peers

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