VETERANS COMMUNITY NETWORK

Charity number: 1191970
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Veterans Community Network provides a professional veteran peer mentor service to Veterans, Reservists and Family Members living in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. Peer mentors offer intensive help getting our service users to engage and remain in treatment and support services. We help motivate our service users to recognise and accept that they may need specialist help.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £105,212
Total expenditure: £111,967

Total income includes £88,944 from 9 government contract(s)

People

6 Trustee(s)

1 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Disability
  • Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Bedford
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Central Bedfordshire
  • Milton Keynes
  • Northamptonshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 October 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • VCN (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

6 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Pat Mary Haslam Chair 09 June 2022
None on record
Christopher David John Hearn Trustee 29 January 2025
None on record
Gary Edwin Middleton Trustee 12 June 2024
None on record
Aaron Clark Trustee 12 June 2024
None on record
Paul Ian Dunkley Trustee 12 June 2024
None on record
Hannah CRUICKSHANK Trustee 03 May 2023
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £66.34k £101.80k £105.21k
Total expenditure £32.77k £109.93k £111.97k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A £88.94k
Income from government grants £43.42k £91.89k N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 31 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 31 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 30 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 30 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 23 Oct 2020

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF AND TO PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL (HM ARMED FORCES) AND RESERVISTS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, AND BEDFORDSHIRE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH COMRADESHIP, HELP AND ASSISTANCE AND BY OFFERING THEM A SIGNPOSTING SERVICE TO EXPERT SUPPORT PROVIDERS FOR THEIR BENEFIT

Contact information

Address:
Union House
111 New Union Street
Coventry
CV1 2NT
Phone:
+447902632949
Email:
admin@vcn.org.uk
Website:

vcn.org.uk