# BRITISH LIMBLESS EX-SERVICE MEN&#x27;S ASSOCIATION (BLESMA)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1084189
- **Other names:** BLESMA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04102768](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04102768)
- **Registered:** Dec. 19, 2000
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1084189


## Contact

- **Address:** British Limbless Ex-Service Mens, Association, 115 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex
- **Postcode:** CM2 0QT
- **Phone:** 020 8548 3512
- **Email:** info@blesma.org
- **Website:** www.blesma.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND WELL-BEING OF ALL SERVING AND EX-SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE LOST A LIMB OR LIMBS OR ONE OR BOTH EYES AS A RESULT OF SERVICE IN ANY BRANCH OF HER MAJESTY&#x27;S FORCES OR AUXILIARY FORCES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DEFINED.  2)TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND WELL-BEING OF ALL THOSE SERVING AND EX-SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SUFFER LOSS OF A LIMB, PERMANENT LOSS OF SPEECH, HEARING; OR THE LOSS OF SIGHT IN ONE OR BOTH EYES; OR THE USE OF A LIMB. 3) TO ASSIST NEEDY WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND NEEDY DEPENDANTS OF THE ABOVE

**Activities:** Blesma supports all serving and ex service men and women who lose limbs or the use of limbs, or one or both eyes in service or as a result of service.  It also supports those ex service men and women who lose limbs not as a result of service or loss of use of limbs as a result of a traumatic incident.  Blesma also supports widows and dependents of the above.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Edward Grant Martin Davis CB CBE** | Chair | June 29, 2024 |
| Alan Mistlin |  | Aug. 20, 2023 |
| Alison Laura Grant |  | June 11, 2017 |
| COLIN WHITWORTH |  | Aug. 20, 2023 |
| Lisa Johnston |  | June 29, 2024 |
| Miles Courtenay Ambler |  | June 10, 2018 |
| Neil Heritage |  | Aug. 20, 2023 |
| Richard Gilbert |  | June 19, 2022 |
| Robert Kerrigan |  | June 13, 2021 |
| Stephen White |  | June 13, 2020 |




