VETERANS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1199584 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are an armed forces charity that aims to support ex veterans with a range of issues that can arise through service in the armed forces for example assistance with finding accommodation or work. We can also signpost and aim to provide counselling sessions for things like PTSD, loss of limbs etc.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £26,520 and total reserves of £90,359, strengthening its financial resilience. Per the trustees' report, the charity is in a major growth and establishment phase, having increased its staff from two to five while expanding services nationally. The trustees acknowledge risks associated with relying heavily on one-off donations and rising operational costs but confirm compliance with public benefit duties.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 34.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (30/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Birch
• Jonathan Miles
• Mathew John Gibbs

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VETERANS AID.

• VETERANS AID income £2.2m
• VETERANS IN ACTION income £180k
• SOLDIERS OFF THE STREET income £121k
• CARE FOR VETERANS income £5.9m
• THE VETERANS CHARITY income £397k
• THE OPPO FOUNDATION income £102k

Side by side with its peers

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