INVICTUS UK 2027 LIMITED

Registered charity 1210319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Invictus UK 2027 was established to deliver the Invictus Games and its legacy; supporting recovery for wounded, injured and sick service personnel.The 2027 edition has been awarded to Birmingham, UK, hosted at the NEC and organised by the Invictus Games UK 2027 Organising Committee. Over 550 participants from over 20 countries will take part in a week of sporting events and a cultural festival.

Objects

3.1 THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE:(A) TO PROMOTE THE HEALTH, RECOVERY AND REHABILITATION OF WOUNDED, INJURED AND SICK SERVICEMEN AND SERVICEWOMEN, BOTH VETERAN AND SERVING, WITH THE OBJECT OFIMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE, INCLUDING (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY HOSTING AND DELIVERY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTING COMPETITION KNOWN AS THE INVICTUS GAMES INBIRMINGHAM IN 2027 FOR PARTICIPATING NATIONS WITH THE AIM OF:(I) ENCOURAGING AND FACILITATING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SPORTING ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE FULLY AND EQUALLY IN SOCIETY; AND(II) RAISING THE AWARENESS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO THE POSITION OF WOUNDED, INJURED AND SICK SERVICEMEN AND SERVICEWOMEN, BOTH VETERAN AND SERVING, AND THE ROLE PLAYED BY THEIR FAMILIES.(B) TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) FOR THE BENEFIT OF SERVICEMEN AND SERVICEWOMEN, BOTH VETERAN AND SERVING, AND THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDENTS AND CARERS, AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net operating surplus of £1,645,648 for the period ended 31 July 2025, with unrestricted reserves of £251,954 and restricted reserves of £1,645,648. The trustees confirmed the charity is financially secure and prepared the accounts on a going concern basis, noting that significant costs were incurred as prepayments to secure future Games logistics.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Helen Helliwell — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Victoria Gosling OBE — Chair (source)
• Chris Conneally — Managing Director (source)
• Sonia Howe — Chief Strategy Officer (source)
• Ben Shepherd — Chief Financial Officer (source)
• Tim Munton — Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer (source)
• Jules Merrison — Director of Impact (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Victoria Gosling OBEchair
• Adam Anthony Nunn
• Air Vice Marshall Paul Michael Rose RAF · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Peter Williams CB
• Jack Morgan Averty
• Karen Margaret Eccles
• Lt Gen Retd Richard Edward Nugee CB CVO CBE
• Mark Robert Lee-Amies
• Paul McCrudden
• Phil Batty OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Martin Leslie Levermore MBE DL
• Sarah Wallace
• Sir David Thompson QPM DL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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