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HMS Heron Central Amenities Fund

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1129715YeovilArmed forces, emergency and public safety
Income£318k2025-04-30
Spending£362ksame year
Spent / received102%5-year average
Size in its cause84th pctArmed forces, emergency and public safety
Registered2009Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

HMS Heron Central Amenities Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Yeovil. It was registered in May 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending April 2025, HMS Heron Central Amenities Fund reported income of £318k and spending of £362k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £128k to £318k (+148%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, HMS Heron Central Amenities Fund sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shorncliffe Station Nursery School (£297k), The Warrant Officers and Senior Rates' Mess, HMS Drake (£341k) and East Durham Veterans Trust (£283k).

Income and spending

£0£100k£201k£301k£401k2021 Income: £128,2372021 Spending: £209,23720212022 Income: £290,6312022 Spending: £265,69920222023 Income: £287,3702023 Spending: £286,32320232024 Income: £401,0182024 Spending: £323,14220242025 Income: £317,6262025 Spending: £361,7312025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Provision of parking spaces for Caravan StorageProvision and operation of a Narrowboat and Static Caravan for recreational use by RNAS Yeovilton personnelProvision of short-term rental accommodation for RNAS Yeovilton personnelProvision of banking and accounting for numerous clubs and activities at RNAS Yeovilton

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Shorncliffe Station Nursery SchoolKent£297k
The Warrant Officers and Senior Rates' Mess, HMS DrakePlymouth£341k
East Durham Veterans TrustCounty Durham£283k
Lest We Forget AssociationCornwall£354k