THE ADVANCE (ARMED SERVICES TRAUMA REHABILITATION OUTCOME STUDY) CHARITY

Registered charity 1190361 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ADVANCE CHARITY

The ADVANCE Charity was set up with the main aim of enabling the ADVANCE Study. The ADVANCE Study is a 20-year cohort study investigating the long-term outcomes of battlefield casualties. The study follows more than 550 battlefield casualties and an equivalent number of matched uninjured servicemen as a control group from the UK Armed Forces following deployment to Afghanistan.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PATIENTS AND HEALTHCARE SPECIALISTS IN RELATION TO ALL ASPECTS OF MEDICAL AND PSYCHO-SOCIAL LONG-TERM OUTCOMES OF BRITISH CASUALTIES SUFFERING COMBAT AND COMPLEX TRAUMA, SHARE INFORMATION WITH MEDICAL DISCIPLINES TO ENHANCE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF COMBAT AND COMPLEX TRAUMA AND TO PLAN THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE INJURED SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total funds of £6,416,576 at the end of the reporting year, with unrestricted funds of £6,248,526. The trustees consider the charity to be in a financially secure position and have confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. 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.

• 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
• 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Headley Court Charity — “Our primary and principal funder, The Headley Court Charity funds medical rehabilitation of flying personnel of the Royal Air Force and othe…” (source page)
• LIBOR Grant — “LIBOR funding has benefited hundreds of organisations and projects aiding millions of people, including the Armed Forces community, Emergenc…” (source page)
• Help for Heroes — “Help for Heroes' mission is to help members of the Armed Forces community live well after their service. Help for Heroes were one of our fou…” (source page)
• Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown — “The Nuffield Trust finances recreational and welfare amenities and facilities that provide lasting benefit to the Armed Forces. Their commit…” (source page)
• Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) — “FiMT and The National Lottery Community Fund have supported our long-term vision, ensuring the study's continued impact on veterans' lives” (source page)
• The National Lottery Community Fund — “FiMT and The National Lottery Community Fund have supported our long-term vision, ensuring the study's continued impact on veterans' lives” (source page)
• Blesma – The Limbless Veterans — “Blesmas' mission is to help serving and ex-service personnel who have suffered limb loss or loss of sight, hearing, or speech to lead indepe…” (source page)
• The UK Ministry of Defence — “Our MoD backing reflects the importance of research into the well-being of current and former service members.” (source page)
• The Office for Veterans' Affairs (OVA) — “As an advocate for veteran welfare, OVA's contribution has further strengthened our mission to serve those who served.” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~109.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Peter Henson
• JAMIE WEBB · trustee of 1 other charity
• PROFESSOR SIR ANTHONY JOHN NEWMAN TAYLOR · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Sir Simon Wessely
• Robert Neil Robson
• Sir Nicholas Ralph Parker KCB CBE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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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 ADVANCE ADVOCACY AND NON-VIOLENCE COMMUNITY EDUCATION.

• ADVANCE ADVOCACY AND NON-VIOLENCE COMMUNITY EDUCATION income £9.4m
• ADVANCE MYANMAR LTD income £319k
• ADVANCE HE income £17.6m
• STYLE FOR SOLDIERS income £130k
• VETERANS ASSOCIATION income £986k
• ARMY ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES FUND income £188k

Side by side with its peers

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