THE VETERANS' FOUNDATION — grant history

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Latest income

£17.3m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£8.2m

Accounts grants total

£8.8m

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Cross-checked against the funder’s own 360Giving open-data publication: 0 of 7 grants we extracted from its FY2025 accounts match a published grantee by name (0%), and 0 also match on amount within 2%. Differences usually reflect accounting-year vs award-date timing and grants the accounts aggregate. Published 360Giving grants in the file: 685.

Application guidance — from the funder’s own website

How to apply: Eligible organisations must complete an online application form after passing an eligibility checker. The Veterans’ Foundation uses a rolling grants approach for Standard and Salary Grants on a trial basis to remove pressure of deadlines.
Deadlines: The Small Grants programme is rolling with no specific closing date, though applicants may submit no more than one application per quarter. Standard and Salary Grants have decision timelines of 12-16 weeks. Major Grants applications are currently closed for 2026.

Summarised from www.veteransfoundation.org.uk · www.veteransfoundation.org.uk/fundraise-for-veterans/ · www.veteransfoundation.org.uk/fundraisers/ on 15/08/2026. Always check the funder’s site before applying.

Credited as a funder by

Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

ONLY A PAVEMENT AWAY CIO “The Veterans' Foundation has been set up to help fund charities and other charitable organisations that are helping serv”
STYLE FOR SOLDIERS “With the support of the Duke of Bedford and the Veterans Foundation families were provided with amazing accommodation, a”
DIG IN “Dig In Secures £75,000 Veterans Foundation Grant We are delighted to announce that Dig In has been awarded a three-year ”
TURN TO STARBOARD “Our Partners and Supporters Veterans Foundation”
THE WOMEN'S ROYAL ARMY CORPS ASSOCIATION (INCORPORATING QUEEN MARY'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS AND AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE COMRADES ASSOCIATION) “Funding from The Veterans Foundation has allowed us to support women who served through the Female Veterans Toolkit”
THE ULYSSES TRUST “The Veterans’ Foundation”
THE GWENNILI TRUST “Team Forces, The Veterans’ Foundation, the Army Benevolent Fund and the Army Central Fund”
VETERANS INTO LOGISTICS “The Veterans' Foundation Hub exists to connect those that provide frontline charitable support with individuals and busi”
AF&V LAUNCHPAD LIMITED “The Veterans’ Foundation has awarded a grant totalling £170,000 to homeless veterans’ charity Launchpad...”
AGE CYMRU DYFED “The Veterans' Foundation Hub is focused on engaging the military community and distributing funding to where it is most ”
MODE REHABILITATION “Mode Awarded Veterans Foundation Grant for a Development & Partnerships Manager”
ROTHERHAM MILITARY COMMUNITY VETERANS CENTRE (MCVC) “Veterans’ Foundation”
NATIONAL DAY NURSERIES ASSOCIATION “We are delighted to have been awarded two grants from The Veterans’ Foundation to support us in delivering our successfu”
MID SUFFOLK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU “We are delighted to share with you that The Veterans’ Foundation has awarded a further three years of funding to Citizen”
THE RIPPLE POND “We are incredibly honoured not only to have received the very generous support of The Veterans’ Foundation, but also to ”

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Education/training (2 grantees)
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty (2 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (1 grantee)
Accommodation/housing (1 grantee)
Other Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives (1 grantee)
General Charitable Purposes (1 grantee)
Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Durham (1 grantee)
Liverpool City (1 grantee)
Newcastle Upon Tyne City (1 grantee)
Throughout England And Wales (1 grantee)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	Support provided to the Armed Forces Community	—	£2.9m
new	Health & Wellbeing – Support through peer/professional outreach services (e.g. Social Events, Sports, Arts & community hubs, drop-ins, advice services, etc)	—	£1.5m
new	Health & Wellbeing - Support for mental and physical health challenges (e.g. Counselling Support)	—	£1.0m
new	Family & Carers Welfare and Wellbeing and related support	—	£805k
new	Health & Wellbeing - Mental Health & to reduce social and build community	—	£708k
new	Homelessness / Housing and related support	—	£653k
new	Tackling Disadvantage and Other Aspects of Service Life (Includes grants for support to reduce social and build community)	—	£623k
not listed	AF&V LAUNCHPAD LIMITED	£80k	—
not listed	HEROPRENEURS	£30k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Support provided to the Armed Forces Community	FY2025	£2.9m	Support provided to the Armed Forces Community
Health & Wellbeing – Support through peer/professional outreach services (e.g. Social Events, Sports, Arts & community hubs, drop-ins, advice services, etc)	FY2025	£1.5m	Health & Wellbeing – Support through peer/professional outreach services (e.g. Social Events, Sports, Arts & community hubs, drop-ins, advice services, etc)
Health & Wellbeing - Support for mental and physical health challenges (e.g. Counselling Support)	FY2025	£1.0m	Health & Wellbeing - Support for mental and physical health challenges (e.g. Counselling Support)
Family & Carers Welfare and Wellbeing and related support	FY2025	£805k	Family & Carers Welfare and Wellbeing and related support
Health & Wellbeing - Mental Health & to reduce social and build community	FY2025	£708k	Health & Wellbeing - Mental Health & to reduce social and build community
Homelessness / Housing and related support	FY2025	£653k	Homelessness / Housing and related support
Tackling Disadvantage and Other Aspects of Service Life (Includes grants for support to reduce social and build community)	FY2025	£623k	Tackling Disadvantage and Other Aspects of Service Life (Includes grants for support to reduce social and build community)
AF&V Launchpad Limited	FY2024	£80k
Heropreneurs	FY2024	£30k
AF&V Launchpad Limited	FY2022	£161k
Heropreneurs	FY2022	£60k

About this data

This grant list is extracted by automated reading of the grant-maker’s own accounts PDFs as filed with the Charity Commission, and cross-checked against the accounts’ stated grant totals (listed sum 8248000 vs reference 8805000 (6.3% diff; ref=stated)). Recipients are linked to register entries only on an exact charity-number or unambiguous exact-name match. If you represent this funder and want a correction, contact us.