ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND — grant history

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Latest income
£30.9m
Grants listed (FY2025)
21
Listed grants total
£36.8m
Accounts grants total
£30.0m

listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts

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
Where grantees operate
  • Throughout England And Wales (17 grantees)
  • Scotland (13 grantees)
  • Northern Ireland (11 grantees)
  • Germany (5 grantees)
  • Guernsey (3 grantees)
  • Isle Of Man (3 grantees)
  • Jersey (3 grantees)
  • Cyprus (3 grantees)
  • Throughout England (3 grantees)
  • Ireland (2 grantees)

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.

ChangeGranteeFY2024FY2025
newVarious Covenant Fund Grantees—£9.0m
newVarious Thrive Together Leads—£7.9m
newVarious Charities/LAs/RSHPs—£7.4m
newVarious Housing Providers/Charities—£6.8m
newVarious Armed Forces Families Fund Grantees—£2.8m
newVeteran Housing Scotland—£640k
newARMY FAMILIES FEDERATION—£500k
newMOD Invictus—£214k
upTHE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY£15k£369k
not listedHELP FOR HEROES£2.5m—
not listedAlabaré£1.4m—
not listedVeterans Housing Scotland£907k—
not listedRiverside Housing£831k—
not listedVarious projects (7 projects)£408k—
not listedThe Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC)£300k—
not listedTHE SCAR FREE FOUNDATION£300k—
not listedSWANSEA UNIVERSITY£300k—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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RecipientYearAmountPurpose
Various Covenant Fund GranteesFY2025£9.0mCovenant Fund grants (Note: Specific individual grantees not listed in text, total for 114 projects)
Various Thrive Together LeadsFY2025£7.9mVeterans’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund (Thrive Together programme)
Various Charities/LAs/RSHPsFY2025£7.4mReducing Veteran Homelessness (RVH) programme (Note: Specific individual grantees not listed in text, total for 20 awards)
Various Housing Providers/CharitiesFY2025£6.8mVeterans’ Capital Housing Fund / Major Capital Grants programme (Note: Specific individual grantees not listed in text, total for 11 projects)
Various Armed Forces Families Fund GranteesFY2025£2.8mArmed Forces Families Fund (Note: Specific individual grantees not listed in text, total for 15 projects)
Veteran Housing ScotlandFY2025£640kVeterans’ Capital Housing Fund / Major Capital Grants programme
Army Families FederationFY2025£500kServing Families Overseas programme research and employment hub
Royal Navy and Royal Marines CharityFY2025£369kServing Families On The Move programme (Helensburgh place-based project)
MOD InvictusFY2025£214kMOD Invictus Games support
Company of Makers CICFY2025£200kUnderstanding complex problems: Get in the Game project
HeadFitFY2025£198kHeadFit website management
SamaritansFY2025£192kVeterans Emotional Support Helpline (VESH)
Other fundsFY2025£162kVarious smaller funds including Afghanistan Veterans Fund, Veterans Trauma Network, Impact Hub
Northumbria UniversityFY2025£125kUnderstanding complex problems: Military Children research
Royal British LegionFY2025£86kLGBT Veterans Community support
Fighting With PrideFY2025£86kLGBT Veterans Community support
Other fundsFY2025£76kProgramme Evaluation & Research
NAAFI FundFY2025£51kNAAFI Fund grants
Tom Harrison HouseFY2025£23kEmbedding Prevention of Veteran Suicide programme
Hull 4 HeroesFY2025£23kFulfilling Futures project
Scotty's Little SoldiersFY2025£23kFulfilling Futures project
Help for HeroesFY2024£2.5mVeterans’ Mobility Fund
AlabaréFY2024£1.4mReducing Veteran Homelessness Programme
Veterans Housing ScotlandFY2024£907kReducing Veteran Homelessness Programme
Riverside HousingFY2024£831kReducing Veteran Homelessness Programme
Various projects (7 projects)FY2024£408kVeterans’ Capital Housing Fund: Refurbishment Grants programme
The Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity (RNRMC)FY2024£300kTransformational Grants Programme
Scar Free FoundationFY2024£300kTransformational Grants Programme
Swansea UniversityFY2024£300kTransformational Grants Programme
RAF Association Military Co-Working NetworkFY2024£200kArmed Forces Families Fund: Supporting Partners Programme
Various projects (6 projects)FY2024£147kVeterans’ Capital Housing Fund: Development Grants programme
Combat StressFY2024£100kReaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities programme
Beyond the BattlefieldFY2024£100kReducing Veteran Homelessness Programme
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Aid SocietyFY2024£98kReaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities programme
Le Cateau Community Primary SchoolFY2024£80kArmed Forces Families Fund: Early Years Programme
RAFAKidzFY2024£80kArmed Forces Families Fund: Early Years Programme
St Gerardine SchoolFY2024£77kArmed Forces Families Fund: Service Pupil Support Programme
Royal British Legion IndustriesFY2024£74kRefurbishment Grants programme
Citizens Advice West OxfordshireFY2024£66kReaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities programme
Who Dares CaresFY2024£66kReaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities programme
Oxford Brookes UniversityFY2024£60kArmed Forces Families Fund: Research Grants Programme
The University of ChesterFY2024£60kArmed Forces Families Fund: Research Grants Programme
Bath Spa UniversityFY2024£50kArmed Forces Families Fund: Research Grants Programme
Partner Employment Working Group (PEWG) CICFY2024£47kArmed Forces Families Fund: Supporting Partners Programme
Sandling’s PlaygroupFY2024£36kArmed Forces Families Fund: Early Years Programme
Milspo Network CICFY2024£33kArmed Forces Families Fund: Supporting Partners Programme
Forward AssistFY2024£25kLGBT Veterans’ Support Fund
LGBT FoundationFY2024£25kLGBT Veterans’ Support Fund
Royal Navy and Royal Marines CharityFY2024£15kBringing The Submarine Family Together
Outfit MorayFY2024£15kForce for Change programme
Catterick Garrison Pre-schoolFY2024£13kArmed Forces Families Fund: Early Years Programme
Blues and Royals AssociationFY2024£10kForce for Change programme
Care after CombatFY2024£10kForce for Change programme
Voluntary Impact NorthamptonshireFY2024£10kForce for Change programme
The Women’s Royal Army Corps AssociationFY2023£300kFemale Veterans Transformation Programme
Tom Harrison HouseFY2023£300kFemale Veterans Project
The Children’s SocietyFY2023£300kYoung Carers Champions for Change
RNRMCFY2023£300kStrengthening Families: Neurodiversity
RMA - The Royal Marines CharityFY2023£300kBuilding Collaboration and Consensus
Swansea UniversityFY2023£300kLook Back to Move Forward
Naval Children’s CharityFY2023£300kThriving through childhood and beyond
The Naval Children’s CharityFY2023£300kThriving through childhood and beyond (continued support)
FearLessFY2023£298kThe Military DVPP programme
Supporting Wounded Veterans LtdFY2023£288kTransforming Negative Transition
King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College London and Imperial War MuseumsFY2023£281kAfghanistan: Voices of Service
Brooke HouseFY2023£277kTransformational Nature-based Prescriptions
The Somme Nursing HomeFY2023£120kVeterans’ Advice Line for Statutory Professionals (VASP)
Partner Employment Working Group CICFY2023£120kThe Overseas Employment Guide
Broughton HouseFY2023£100kCore costs funding track
Veterans’ Outreach SupportFY2023£100kMental health support
Veterans’ Outreach SupportFY2023£100kReinforcing success in mind
ErskineFY2023£100kSocial support for vulnerable veterans
Bulldog VeteransFY2023£90kPhysical and mental health support
AA Veterans’ SupportFY2023£70kNorthern Ireland Veterans’ Sports and Outdoors Navigation (NIVSO)
Kinloss Primary School: The Moray CouncilFY2023£50kSupport for Service children
Oxfordshire County CouncilFY2023£50kMaximising outcomes for Service Pupils
Prince William of Gloucester Barracks StationFY2023£20kStation Welfare Area Refurbishment
Rhondda Hub for Veterans CIOFY2023£10kHousing as the Pathway Back project
White Rabbit Pre-SchoolFY2023£10kAchieving Really Magical Military Years
RAF ValleyFY2023£10kSpouses and Partners Support
27 Reg RLCFY2023£9kTry a Tri project
Northern Ireland Veterans NetworkFY2022£800kVeterans’ Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund
Poppy FactoryFY2022£799kVeterans’ Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund
Sporting ForceFY2022£780kVeterans’ Mental Health & Wellbeing Fund
The SamaritansFY2022£600kAfghanistan Veterans’ Fund
CobseoFY2022£285kVeterans’ Mental Health Strategic Leads & Strategic Leads continuation programmes
Tanvalley and AnaghloneFY2022£200kSustaining Delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant
Northumbria UniversityFY2022£199kSustaining Delivery of the Armed Forces Covenant
RFEAFY2022£150kAfghanistan Veterans’ Fund
ErskineFY2022£100kSustaining Support programme
CobseoFY2022£60kBuild Capacity in Northern Ireland
Safeguarding Communities – Reducing Offending (SACRO)FY2022£35kSustaining Support: Extra Support for Veterans & Armed Forces Families Impacted by the Afghanistan Conflict
1st Infantry Training BattalionFY2022£29kNAAFI Fund
EpiskopiFY2022£20kNAAFI Fund
Somme Nursing HomeFY2022£10kForce for Change
Age UK Mid MerseyFY2022£10kForce for Change
Reading ForceFY2022£10kForce for Change
Abberton Rural TrainingFY2022£10kForce for Change
Active SharksFY2022£10kForce for Change
NATO Community SnekkeFY2022£10kNAAFI Fund

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