Finance Score: 7

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 9

Liabilities <10%: +3
Income diversified: +3
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 14

CARE FOR VETERANS

To provide permanent or respite accommodation, end-of-life care and outpatient care for former members of the British Armed Forces and their families, who are in need of such care by reason of age, sickness or disability and who require nursing care or rehabilitation.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has a robust balance sheet
Income generation is well diversified
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 62 years

www.careforveterans.org.uk

ceo@careforveterans.org.uk

01903213458

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£4,849	£5,177	£-329	£291	£7,815	£4,169	9.7	121	60
31/12/21	£4,264	£4,982	£-718	£280	£8,763	£4,517	10.9	123	54
31/12/20	£6,016	£5,036	£980	£260	£8,992	£4,324	10.3	133	54
31/12/19	£4,649	£5,300	£-651	£297	£7,770	£2,900	6.6	132	60
31/12/18	£4,497	£5,111	£-614	£272	£8,200	£3,133	7.4	138	60
31/12/17	£5,112	£5,099	£13	£282	£9,204	£3,780	8.9	138	0
31/12/16	£4,786	£4,925	£-139	£252	£8,778	£3,476	8.5	134	0
31/12/15	£4,177	£4,836	£-659	£332	£8,556	£2,941	7.3	134	0
31/12/14	£4,340	£4,787	£-448	£331	£9,203	£3,117	7.8	128	0
31/12/13	£4,514	£4,496	£18	£254	£9,686	£3,170	8.5	127	0
31/12/12	£3,702	£4,435	£-733	£201	£9,434	£3,353	9.1	124	0
31/12/11	£4,062	£4,252	£-190	£179	£9,844	£3,434	9.7	118	0
31/12/10	£4,387	£4,103	£285	£212	£10,664	£4,399	12.9	117	0
31/12/09	£3,589	£3,992	£-403	£227	£9,512	£3,028	9.1	122	0
31/12/08	£4,384	£3,747	£636	£212	£9,860	£3,085	9.9	104	0
31/12/07	£3,953	£3,562	£391	£238	£10,670	£4,244	14.3	117	0
31/12/06	£3,248	£3,716	£-468	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£2,731	£3,236	£-504	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£2,382	£2,938	£-556	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 7.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £90,000-£100,000
Liabilities/Assets: 4%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 53%
Reserves/Spending: 9.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

121 employees
60 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Ministry of Defence	£179,345
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust	£125,000
Wolfson Foundation	£84,000
Garfield Weston Foundation	£40,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Cheshire Community Foundation - Grant to AmaSing Arts
£250	29/03/2023	Grant to AmaSing Arts
Cheshire Community Foundation - AmaSing / Chester FC Aspire Stadium Show
£2,500	07/03/2023	Grant to AmaSing Arts
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Care for Veterans
£40,000	07/12/2022	Installation of boilers and cylinders at care home
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Care for Veterans
£3,805	22/10/2022	We wish to pay the occupational therapists to assess residents and provide the correct wheelchairs, maintain the chairs, and reassess regularly to ensure full working order.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Care for Veterans
£6,761	23/10/2021	We would purchase plants, seeds and weekly grocery items for a gardening and cookery club, to promote social inclusion, confidence, independence, exercise and healthy eating.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Care for Veterans
£21,500	03/06/2021	refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilties in West Sussex
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000	12/02/2021	The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£125,000	25/06/2020	Funding allowed the group to deliver care and rehabilitation to elderly, vulnerable and disabled veterans.
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£125,000	15/06/2020	To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Care for Veterans
£4,794	08/06/2020	Care for Veterans provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, respite and award-winning end of life care to disabled ex-Service personnel from the RAF, Army, Royal Navy and auxiliary services. ....more Care for Veterans provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, respite and award-winning end of life care to disabled ex-Service personnel from the RAF, Army, Royal Navy and auxiliary services. Services include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, neuropsychology, wheelchair clinic, chaplaincy service, and a vibrant social and recreation department. This grant will pay for five new laptops to meet increased demand from both staff and residents. They will be used for working from home, online training, online meeting and for residents to contact family members.
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£19,345	15/05/2020	to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000	28/02/2020	Care for Veterans - Mixed Rehabilitation core costs
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to Care for Veterans
£44,000	05/12/2019	Refurbishment of a lift within the Queen Alexandra Hospital Home
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Care for Veterans
£24,343	18/11/2019 11	Funding was provided towards an electric mini ambulance.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Care for Veterans
£50,000	20/03/2018 1	Care for Veterans provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, respite and award-winning end of life care to disabled ex-Service personnel from the RAF, Army, Royal Navy and auxiliary services. ....more Care for Veterans provides long-term nursing care, rehabilitation, respite and award-winning end of life care to disabled ex-Service personnel from the RAF, Army, Royal Navy and auxiliary services. Funding was provided towards the costs of the design, installation and maintenance of a new Solar Panel System on their buildings.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Care for Veterans
£19,000	21/11/2017	Part funding for the provision of physiotherapy as a vital part of the multi-disciplinary services offered to help seafarers with a physical disability to improve their mobility and strength.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Care for Veterans
£19,000	21/11/2017	Part funding for the provision of physiotherapy as a vital part of the multi-disciplinary services offered to help seafarers with a physical disability to improve their mobility and strength.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£40,000	02/10/2017	Care and rehabilitation for disabled veterans at The Queen Alexandra Hospital Home
Seafarers UK - Grant to Care for Veterans
£7,500	14/09/2017	Funding to support the specific costs of specialist rehabilitation services provided to Royal Navy and Royal Marine seafarers.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Care for Veterans
£7,500	14/09/2017	Funding to support the specific costs of specialist rehabilitation services provided to Royal Navy and Royal Marine seafarers.
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£1,014,661	01/04/2017	Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (10)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 48-66

ANNA HARRISON Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Nurse

COLONEL JOHN ROBERT CHARLES SAVILLE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

DAVID GARETH WILLIAMS (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Banker, Other trusteeship: HAIG HOUSING TRUST,

DAWN HART Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Nurse

DR TIMOTHY JOHN CHARLES FOOKS Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Medical Practitioner, Other trusteeship: CHICHESTER DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION FOR FAMILY SUPPORT WORK,

GEORGINA CROWHURST Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Solicitor

JOHN BRUCE HUNTER MCKEE Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Headteacher

MICHAEL LEONARD RICHARD JONES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Estate Agent

RICHARD ANDREW Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Property

RODERICK ARTHUR SCOTT Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Business Executive

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 1072334
Registered at Companies House on 08/10/1998, number: 03646570

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; all on time

Main office

Care For Veterans
Boundary Road
WORTHING
West Sussex
BN11 4LJ

Objectives

TO PROVIDE PERMANENT OR RESPITE ACCOMMODATION, END OF-LIFE CARE AND OUTPATIENT CARE FOR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES, WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH CARE BY REASON OF AGE, SICKNESS OR DISABILITY AND WHO REQUIRE NURSING CARE OR REHABILITATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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