THE BLOCK, ARMED FORCES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1205854 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a North West based charity helping Armed Forces personnel, service leavers and veterans get access to mental health treatment, transitional, wellbeing, addiction, education & employment support. We work with partners & the local authorities very closely by supporting the most vulnerable including those who suffer with complex PTSD, chronic homelessness and those escaping domestic violence.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ALL ARMED FORCES VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds carried forward were £47,153, comprising £29,099 in unrestricted funds and £18,054 in restricted funds. The charity reported a net income of £30,984 for the year, with total incoming resources of £145,950 against total resources expended of £114,966. The trustees have adopted the provisions of FRS 102 and the accounts are unaudited.

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.

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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — THE BLOCK, ARMED FORCES FOUNDATION (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Westminster Security — “Proudly Sponsored by Westminster Security” (source page)
• E&L Legal — “Proudly Sponsored by E&L Legal” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin John Eastawaychair
• DAVID MICHAEL HUGH MCMULLEN · trustee of 2 other charities
• John Wesley Raymond Moore
• Rachel Louise Webster
• Stephen Mccarthy

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Knowsley · Lancashire · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Wirral · Wrexham

Income and spending

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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 THE VETERANS CHARITY.

• THE VETERANS CHARITY income £397k
• THE VETERANS' FOUNDATION income £17.3m
• FORCES IN MIND TRUST income £241k
• FORCES SUPPORT LIMITED income £2.3m
• CARE AFTER COMBAT income £973k
• 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.