Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Liabilities <10%: +3
Large legacies income: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs high: -2

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 11

COMBAT STRESS

The Charity provides welfare support and clinical treatment for Veterans of the Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force, Merchant Navy and other allied services who suffer from mental health problems, including psychological trauma, attributable to or associated with their service in the Armed Forces, Merchant Navy or allied services.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
This charity has a robust balance sheet
This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

Established: 62 years
(93 years as a company)

www.combatstress.org.uk

contactus@combatstress.org.uk

01372587100

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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		£13,852	£14,214	£-362	£2,757	£20,446	£17,117	14.5	223	55
31/03/22		£15,369	£10,193	£5,176	£2,287	£21,427	£18,394	21.7	183	55
31/03/21		£12,230	£12,883	£-653	£1,948	£16,009	£15,124	14.1	192	55
31/03/20		£10,244	£14,606	£-4,362	£2,620	£16,120	£15,214	12.5	276	55
31/03/19		£16,375	£14,864	£1,511	£2,425	£20,942	£19,111	15.4	272	55
31/03/18	*	£15,774	£15,441	£333	£2,191	£19,510	£16,972	13.2	312	0
31/03/17		£15,709	£17,048	£-1,339	£2,295	£19,158	£15,600	11	335	0
31/03/16	*	£13,043	£16,592	£-3,549	£2,433	£19,764	£15,776	11.4	316	0
31/03/15		£14,961	£16,918	£-1,957	£2,826	£24,322	£20,084	14.2	282	0
31/03/14	*	£17,385	£16,002	£1,383	£2,425	£26,347	£21,641	16.2	302	0
31/03/13	*	£15,567	£13,933	£1,634	£1,797	£24,753	£24,496	21.1	251	0
31/03/12		£15,754	£12,293	£3,461	£1,642	£22,478	£22,108	21.6	251	0
31/03/11		£16,165	£12,063	£4,103	£1,606	£20,460	£20,131	20	218	0
31/03/10		£12,545	£10,406	£2,139	£1,305	£15,905	£14,953	17.2	255	0
31/03/09		£10,756	£9,355	£1,401	£967	£13,995	£13,995	18	244	0
31/03/08		£9,702	£7,736	£1,966	£852	£14,453	£14,453	22.4	232	0
31/03/07		£8,721	£6,556	£2,165	£728	£12,067	£8,605	15.8	206	0
31/03/06		£6,736	£6,076	£660	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£6,092	£5,747	£345	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£5,406	£5,646	£-240	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 21.2%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 19.6%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £100,000-£110,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 84%
Reserves/Spending: 14.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

223 employees
55 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	£433,611
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust	£250,000
Masonic Trust	£500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£500	25/01/2022	Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£183,611	14/08/2020	To provide support and mentoring to organisations delivering activities and opportunities under the Positive Pathways programme
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£250,000	25/06/2020	Funding allowed the group to accelerate the delivery of a Digital Veterans’ Mental Health Service, much needed due to the Covid-19 pandemic while support cannot be accessed in person.
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£250,000	15/06/2020	To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
Seafarers UK - Grant to Combat Stress
£25,000	13/11/2018	Grant funding to provide mental health assessments, treatment and care to ex-Merchant Navy seafarers via the Combat Stress Helpline, at treatment centres and in the community.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Combat Stress
£25,000	13/11/2018	Grant funding to provide mental health assessments, treatment and care to ex-Merchant Navy seafarers via the Combat Stress Helpline, at treatment centres and in the community.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Combat Stress
£21,800	17/07/2017	Combat Stress Archives Project
Seafarers UK - Grant to Combat Stress
£35,000	04/04/2017	Grant funding for mental health assessment, treatment and care for ex-Merchant Navy seafarers whose condition is such that they require specialist treatment that they would not otherwise receive ....more Grant funding for mental health assessment, treatment and care for ex-Merchant Navy seafarers whose condition is such that they require specialist treatment that they would not otherwise receive through the NHS.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Combat Stress
£35,000	04/04/2017	Grant funding for mental health assessment, treatment and care for ex-Merchant Navy seafarers whose condition is such that they require specialist treatment that they would not otherwise receive ....more Grant funding for mental health assessment, treatment and care for ex-Merchant Navy seafarers whose condition is such that they require specialist treatment that they would not otherwise receive through the NHS.
Masonic Trust - Community Mental Health Nurse
£60,000	19/10/2016	Provision of community mental health nurses to support armed forces veterans with mental health conditions.
Comic Relief - Military Veterans’ Mental Health - Anti-Stigma
£180,000	15/07/2015 24	Following on from four years of previous successful funding for Combat Stress' anti-stigma work, Combat Stress wishes for another two year grant so that as they develop and expand services to ....more Following on from four years of previous successful funding for Combat Stress' anti-stigma work, Combat Stress wishes for another two year grant so that as they develop and expand services to veterans and their families then they can also continue to embed their work in the wider public conscience so to streamline referrals, remove the stigma surrounding veterans’ mental health, and encourage veterans (and their families) to seek help sooner. Targeting and engagement around raising awareness and tackling stigma will concentrate on using modern methodologies (such as digital) with three key target groups - the veteran and reservist community, the professional medical community, and the general public.
National Lottery Community Fund - Expansion of Outreach provision in Scotland to include alcohol/substance mi
£628,780	13/03/2013 49	This organisation aims to support Veterans across Scotland who are experiencing alcohol and/or substance misuse issues due to underlying mental ill health issues caused by their experience of active ....more This organisation aims to support Veterans across Scotland who are experiencing alcohol and/or substance misuse issues due to underlying mental ill health issues caused by their experience of active service. The project will provide additional expertise and capacity to its multi-disciplinary Community Outreach service so that it can respond to the high levels of demand for help from Veterans and ensure they are able to engage and remain with their treatment programmes.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 37-73

DOUGLAS IAN CAMPBELL Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee

DR CAROLE ALLAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee

DR JOHN GAFFNEY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Trustee

GILES PEEL (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

GRAHAM WILLIAMS Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

GEORGE EDWARD OSBORNE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee

JANE MCCUE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee

MARK IZATT Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Communications

NEERAJ KAPUR Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Group Cfo, Other trusteeship: CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' LIVERY CHARITY,

RORIE EVANS Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Client Director

SALLY GOLDTHORPE Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Hr Business Partner

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 22/09/1962, number: 206002
Registered at Companies House on 11/05/1931, number: 00256353

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

13/11/2018 - Asset transfer in from THE NOTTINGHAM & NOTTINGHAMSHIRE VICTORIA CROSS COMMITTEE
22/07/2021 - Asset transfer in from MISS S M G ROSS TRUST
27/10/2021 - Asset transfer in from FARINGDON SENSORY GARDEN
20/06/2022 - Asset transfer in from OPEN DOORS
23/08/2022 - Asset transfer in from SELKIRK NO 2 TRUST

Other Regulators

Care Quality Commission

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR18: 5 days late, AR16: 0 days late, AR14: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from MISS S M G ROSS TRUST on 22/07/2021
Asset transfer in from FARINGDON SENSORY GARDEN on 27/10/2021
Asset transfer in from OPEN DOORS on 20/06/2022
Asset transfer in from SELKIRK NO 2 TRUST on 23/08/2022

Main office

Combat Stress
Tyrwhitt House
Oaklawn Road
LEATHERHEAD
KT22 0BX

Objectives

TO PROVIDE, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN RECUPERATIVE HOMES, HOSPITALS, SANATORIA, SCHOOLS OF TRAINING, CLUBS, WORKSHOPS AND OTHER CENTRES, FOR ALL RANKS OF ALL BRANCHES OF HM FORCES, INCLUDING THE MERCHANT NAVY, SUFFERING FROM WAR PSYCHOSES AND NEUROSES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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