Royal British Veterans Enterprise Ltd.

Analysis

Royal British Veterans Enterprise Ltd. is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00158479). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Royal British Veterans Enterprise Ltd. reported income of £24.4m and spending of £22.8m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £19.8m to £24.4m (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Royal British Veterans Enterprise Ltd. sits at the 100th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PSS (UK) (£23.8m), Drive (£25.2m) and Portland College (£23.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 69%, donations and legacies 26% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 87% of spending and raising funds 11%. Reserves of £3.3m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 193 people.