The Veterans Charity

Analysis

The Veterans Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnstaple. It was registered in March 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06484880). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Veterans Charity reported income of £397k and spending of £384k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £177k to £397k (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Veterans Charity sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Olam Chesed Yiboneh (£397k), The Stevenson Family's Charitable Trust (£397k) and Rareminds CIO (£397k).