Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -6
Support Score: 4
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: -2 ?

WINGS FOR WARRIORS 

The charity?s objects are to assist wounded service personnel and veterans, by advancing any lawful charitable purpose at the discretion of the directors and in particular but not exclusively to facilitate training opportunities to achieve sustainable careers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 12 years

www.wings4warriors.org.uk

info@wings4warriors.org.uk

07760154074

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

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
31/03/23£222£157£65n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/22£92£147£-55n/an/an/an/an/a5
31/03/21£104£92£11n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£161£147£14n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/19£182£172£10n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£167£150£18£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£188£154£34£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£106£87£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£254£201£53£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£98£124£-25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£88£41£47£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Dorset, Scotland,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Wings for Warriors
£5,000 15/03/2023
to support wounded, injured or sick servicemen and women by helping them gain Commercial Air Pilot licenses.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£19,000 03/09/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£25,550 01/04/2018
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Wings For Warriors
£25,000 24/10/2016
Training aircraft for a charity in Aberdeen which provides commercial flight training opportunities to wounded and injured veterans

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 38-56
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/07/2012, number: 1148093
  • Registered at Companies House on 16/02/2012, number: 07952908
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
11 returns made; AR16: 2 days late, AR13: 66 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from HENRY SURTEES FOUNDATION on 24/03/2023
Main office

C/O Revis and Co Accountants
1st Floor
50 High Street
Cosham
PORTSMOUTH

Objectives

TO ASSIST WOUNDED SERVICE PERSONNEL AND VETERANS, BY ADVANCING ANY LAWFUL CHARITABLE PURPOSE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTORS AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY RAISING AWARENESS OF AND EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND WOUNDED SERVICEMEN THEMSELVES ABOUT THE PROBLEMS FACED BY WOUNDED SERVICEMEN, TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND TO USE PHYSICAL TRAINING AND ENDURANCE ACTIVITIES TO HELP BOOST CONFIDENCE, INSPIRE OTHERS AND THE REHABILITATION OF WOUNDED SERVICEMEN BY PROVIDING TRAINING, EDUCATION AND ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE FORMER ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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