The Sainsbury Veterans Welfare Scheme

Analysis

The Sainsbury Veterans Welfare Scheme is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Keston. It was registered in July 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Sainsbury Veterans Welfare Scheme reported income of £99k and spending of £33k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £4,532 to £99k (+2093%), an average of +116% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1161%. Over the whole period it spent 40% 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 Sainsbury Veterans Welfare Scheme sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Spelthorne Mental Health Association (£99k), Association of Mountaineering Instructors (£99k) and Park Yoga (£99k).