Veterans Outdoors

Analysis

Veterans Outdoors is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in October 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Veterans Outdoors reported income of £172k and spending of £150k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £220k to £172k (-22%), an average of -6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Veterans Outdoors sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bude Haven Recreation Ground Ltd (£172k), Your Kids Around the World (£172k) and British Society for Genetic Medicine (£172k).