THE MILITARY VEHICLE TRUST

Registered charity 327768 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MVT

To promote and encourage the preservation and restoration of historic military vehiclesTo liaise with DVLA in the verification of historic military vehiclesTo preserve literature, films and other relevant documents and artefacts pertaining to historic military vehiclesTo act/negotiate for our members on any relevant legislation.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF MILITARY VEHICLES OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND THE PRESERVATION OF BOOKS, DRAWINGS, RECORDS, DOCUMENTS, SOUND AND VISUAL RECORDINGS, RECORDINGS, CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO SUCH VEHICLES, THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements are unaudited and subject to independent examination by Rushtons. The document does not provide specific figures for reserves, income, or expenditure in the provided text, preventing a detailed assessment of financial health beyond the structural confirmation of the examination process.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02226906 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SLINGSBY, Brian Anthony — director, appointed 20/10/2024on trustee list
• HOLMES, Jonathan Crispin — director, appointed 20/10/2024on trustee list
• ALLSOP, Christopher Phillip — director, appointed 20/10/2024not on trustee list
• PARKER, Steve — director, appointed 01/01/2024on trustee list
• HOLMES, Boyan — director, appointed 10/01/2020on trustee list
• HAMBLIN, Peter Stephen — director, appointed 10/01/2020on trustee list
• HAWKES, Tim — director, appointed 10/01/2020on trustee list
• NEWBOULD, Jonathan — director, appointed 10/01/2020on trustee list
• BROMLEY, Simon Philip — director, appointed 02/02/1992on trustee list
• BROMLEY, Simon Philip — secretary, appointed 31/12/2008

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Boyan Holmes
• Brian Anthony Slingsby
• Christoper P Allsop
• Jonathan Crispin Holmes
• Jonathan Newbould
• Peter Hamblin
• SIMON BROMLEY
• Steve Parker
• Tim Hawkes

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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