ARMY GLIDING CLUB (WYVERN)

Registered charity 1211787 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) To promote the efficiency of the Armed Forces of the Crown in particular, but not exclusively, by providing facilities for, and promoting participation in, gliding and soaring by members of the British Army (and other members of the Armed Forces) in order to:(a) develop individual skills, resilience and confidence;(b) encourage esprit de corps; and(c) promote the health and welfare

Objects

(1) 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 PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR, AND PROMOTING PARTICIPATION IN, GLIDING AND SOARING BY MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY (AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES) IN ORDER TO:(A) DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL SKILLS, RESILIENCE AND CONFIDENCE;(B) ENCOURAGE ESPRIT DE CORPS; AND(C) PROMOTE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF PARTICIPANTS BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLYIN EACH CASE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BRITISH ARMY AND BEYOND.

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 total funds decreased from £94.5K to £88.9K due to depreciation costs exceeding income from members and course fees. However, the charity maintains sufficient liquidity, with £56.7K in the bank covering £4.9K in liabilities, and the Board considers it has sufficient reserves for 12 months of operation.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ALICIA MARY CARPENTER
• JAMES WILLIAM SAGE
• PAUL EDWARD JESSOP
• Paul Jessop MBE
• Paul Wright
• TARLOCHAN SINGH MARWAHA
• William Blakey

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED.

• ARMY FLYING MUSEUM LIMITED income £1.1m
• ARMY SAILING ASSOCIATION income £963k
• ROYAL AIR FORCE HIGH WYCOMBE OFFICERS' MESS income £313k
• WARRANT OFFICERS' & SERGEANTS' MESS SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERS income £171k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE CLUB income £13.1m
• ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION income £211k

Side by side with its peers

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