GARRISON WELFARE

Registered charity 1174036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's object is the promotion of efficiency of the Armed Forces of the crown by providing welfare support to service personnel and their dependants in the form of grants to support adventure training, sporting activities. The charity also provides assistance in support of local amenities such as community centre, coffee shop which help towards morale in all aspects of service life.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT (THE OBJECT) IS:THE PROMOTION OF EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN BY THE PROVISION AND SUPPORT OF FACILITIES AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE EFFICIENCY AND WELL-BEING OF SERVICE PERSONNEL'.

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

Causes: Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted reserves of £115,249.94 at the end of the financial year, with no designated funds held. The trustees have stated that there is no financial reserves policy in place for the charity.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (13/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lt Col EDWARD LESLIE RANKINchair
• Martin Kinsey

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

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