VETERANS CENTRAL

Registered charity 1208763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VETERANS CENTRAL WEST RAYNHAM SHQ

Support veterans

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONGST VETERANS AND EX-EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, DUE TO ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL AND MENTAL), OLD AGE, DISABILITY, OR THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEED OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.

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

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Latest income
£120k
Latest spending
£83k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is 100% volunteer-led with no paid staff, resulting in low operating costs for the reported year. However, the trustees note that core operating costs will increase significantly from January 2026 due to new rent and utility liabilities, creating a dependency on securing additional sponsorship and donations to remain viable.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“we very much rely on a wider spread of 'small' income streams.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“from January 2026 our core operating costs increase significantly as we start paying rent in addition to service charge, insurance, utilities, business rates, and VAT on it all. We can cover a large % of such costs if we attract more support for our 100 Club and Room Sponsor schemes” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/12/2025£120k£83k

Common questions

Is VETERANS CENTRAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is 100% volunteer-led with no paid staff, resulting in low operating costs for the reported year. However, the trustees note that core operating costs will increase significantly from January 2026 due to new rent and utility liabilities, creating a dependency on securing additional sponsorship and donations to remain viable.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/02/2026£19kVeterans Central - Roof Repairs

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
VETERANS CENTRAL£120k—0unclear—noted
THE VETERANS CHARITY FY2024£397k—0unclear—no doubt
VETERANS OF WAR FY2024£10k—0unclear—no doubt
VETERANS ASSOCIATION FY2025£986k—0unclear34.6%no doubt
VETERANS AID FY2025£2.2m£90,000 - £99,9994unclear—no doubt
HEREFORDSHIRE VETERANS SUPPORT CENTRE FY2024£125k—0unclear—no doubt

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