BRITISH ARMY MOTORSPORTS ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 1209856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAMA

BAMA seeks to promote the efficiency of the Armed Forces of the Crown, in particular but not exclusively, by encouraging and facilitating participation in all forms of motorsport by current and former members of the British Army in order, for example, to:(a) develop leadership, teamwork, mechanical prowess and self-reliance; and(b) encourage esprit de corps and increase morale.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (OBJECTS) ARE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING PARTICIPATION IN ALL FORMS OF MOTORSPORT BY CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN ORDER, FOR EXAMPLE, TO:(A) DEVELOP LEADERSHIP, TEAMWORK, MECHANICAL PROWESS AND SELF-RELIANCE;(B) ENCOURAGE ESPRIT DE CORPS AND INCREASE MORALE.

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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Registered contact address: Rushmoor, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £37,489.65, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £325,905.04 to £253,920.39. The charity relies heavily on grants from Army Sport and has no creditors or loans outstanding, with all transactions processed through the Army Sport banking facility.

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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Maj Gen Retd Simon Hutchings OBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Brig - Retd Michael Guy Hickson OBE
• Brig - Retd Richard Charles Brown CBE
• Jonathan Philip Lindsay Davis
• Lieutenant Colonel Michael James Tizard · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Army Benevolent Fund.

• Army Benevolent Fund income £13.7m
• ROYAL AIR FORCE MOTORSPORTS ASSOCIATION income £178k
• THE BRITANNIA ASSOCIATION income £260k
• UK ARMED FORCES WINTER SPORTS ASSOCIATION income £584k
• ARMY ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES FUND income £188k
• ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS SADDLE CLUB income £614k

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