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Essex Historic Military Vehicle Association

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1155705ChelmsfordArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£36k2025-12-31
Spending£35ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause63rd pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2014CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Essex Historic Military Vehicle Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in February 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Essex Historic Military Vehicle Association reported income of £36k and spending of £35k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,468 to £36k (+276%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 226%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Essex Historic Military Vehicle Association 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 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Corley Village Hall Association (£36k), Nuneaton Festival of Arts (£36k) and The Coach House Theatre (Malvern) Ltd (£36k).

Income and spending

£0£9,247£18k£28k£37k2021 Income: £9,4682021 Spending: £11,34820212022 Income: £30,9082022 Spending: £28,66020222023 Income: £34,6832023 Spending: £29,34520232024 Income: £36,9862024 Spending: £34,32420242025 Income: £35,5792025 Spending: £35,2312025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

TO EDUCATE AND PROMOTE THE STUDY OF MILITARY HISTORY BY VISITING SCHOOLS AND MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS AS WELL AS HOLDING PUBLIC EVENTS THE PRESERVATION OF MILITARY ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY MILITARY VEHICLESTO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS THROUGH OUR WEBSITE TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS WHERE LEGISLATION COULD AFFECT HISTORICAL MILITARY ITEMS

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