Care for Veterans

Analysis

Care for Veterans is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03646570). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Care for Veterans reported income of £5.9m and spending of £5.7m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2024, income fell from £6.0m to £5.9m (-1.9%), an average of -0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Care for Veterans sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Breckenbrough School Limited (£5.9m), Tres Cantos Open Lab Foundation (£5.9m) and The Zahra Trust (£5.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, donations and legacies 28% and investments 2.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.1m. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.5%. Reserves of £4.5m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 122 people.