Defence Academy Station Officers Mess

Analysis

Defence Academy Station Officers Mess is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Defence Academy Station Officers Mess reported income of £95k and spending of £125k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £22k to £95k (+342%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 182%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Defence Academy Station Officers Mess sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Police Roll of Honour Trust (£92k), T.e. Lawrence Mess (£96k) and The Association of Wrens and Women of the Royal Naval Services (£92k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.