Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

VETERANS' GROWTH 

Veterans' Growth preserve and protect the mental health and to relieve the needs of military veterans, primarily, but not exclusively, through the provision of Horticultural Therapy Services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending since inception
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/05/23£205,971£235,236£-29,26522
31/05/22£224,549£199,139£25,41013
31/05/21£240,196£128,817£111,3799
31/05/20£109,005£53,337£55,66811
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 5 years

www.veteransgrowth.org

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
GiG Classification
  • Mental health and addiction
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 22 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£158,597
National Lottery Community Fund£89,500
Sussex Community Foundation£30,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£10,000
Co-Operative Group£5,273
The Grocers' Charity£5,000
Henry Smith Charity£2,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Small Acorns' Green Woodworking for Veterans
£10,000 21/07/2023
The funding will be used to run two workshops per week to train up the organisations horticultural therapists to deliver sessions independently. The project aims to enable veterans to learn new ....more
The Grocers' Charity - 2023 Grant - Veterans' Growth
£5,000 28/04/2023
to support woodworking workshops for veterans. The finished woodworking objects including benches, gates, hurdles, ladders, and bug hotels, will be sold at fairs by the makers.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 22/02/2023
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 22/02/2023
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Veterans' Growth
£2,476 22/10/2022
Trained horticultural therapists will run workshops for veterans and their families. They will operate during school holidays and at weekends to encourage more family units to attend.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£33,333 14/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£33,333 14/10/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 12/08/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 12/08/2022
"The Armed Forces Covenant aims to: 1) the Armed Forces Covenant defines the enduring, general principles that should govern the relationship between the Nation, the Government and the Armed ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Veterans' Growth
£5,000 11/03/2022
Funding was provided towards expanding and developing skills offered by the organisation to equip veterans with industry skills which lead to employment.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£25,000 12/11/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£17,500 12/11/2021
To increase capacity in services and initiatives that offer supportive comradeship, engagement and wellbeing efforts for those in the Armed Forces community impacted by events in Afghanistan, and the ....more
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Veterans' Growth
£2,797 23/10/2021
We would like to renovate a building that can be used as a community centre and wellbeing space, and to be used on our Social Therapeutic Horticulture course.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£9,431 15/10/2021
For local projects that reduce isolation and promote integration
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Veterans' Growth
£2,500 23/09/2021
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towards one year's running costs of a horticultural therapy project for veterans with mental health issues in East Sussex.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Veterans' Growth
£10,000 24/05/2021
Veterans' Growth offers horticultural therapy to veterans of the armed forces who are suffering with mental health issues. Funding was provided to enable them to run a variety of workshops and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - covid 19 support
£69,500 04/03/2021
6
The funding will help offer a outdoor based horticultural therapy service that is Covid Secure. They work with Veterans' that have been diagnosed with mental health issues and aim to use ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Veterans' Growth
£5,000 13/01/2021
Veterans' Growth offers horticultural therapy to veterans of the armed forces who are suffering with mental health issues. Funding was provided to enable them to deliver food packages and fuel grants ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Veterans' Growth
£10,000 09/09/2020
reconstruction of the car park facilities for a charity that supports veterans with mental health in East Sussex
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Veterans' Growth
£5,000 13/07/2020
Veterans' Growth offer horticultural therapy to veterans of the armed forces who are suffering with mental health issues, such as anxiety, depression and PTSD. Funding is for making additions to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Public Access Wildlife Space
£10,000 27/03/2020
8
The organisation will use the funding to help renovate an area of land to improve it for the local community and make it more wildlife friendly.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Veterans' Growth
£5,000 18/11/2019
6
Funding was provided for project costs associated with a non residential horticultural therapy course.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/05/2019, number: 1183537
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Rocks Farm
Cottage Lane
Westfield
Hastings
TN35 4RS

Objectives

TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF MILITARY VETERANS, PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HORTICULTURAL THERAPY SERVICES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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