# OPERATION CHRISTMAS BOX

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1112260
- **Other names:** UK4U - THANKS, OPERATION CHRISTMAS BOX
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Nov. 24, 2005
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1112260


## Contact

- **Address:** Castle Hill Barns, High Hill, Hough On The Hill, Grantham, Lincolnshire
- **Postcode:** NG32 2AZ
- **Phone:** 07960592490
- **Email:** neil.russell@operationchristmasbox.org
- **Website:** www.operationchristmasbox.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES BY CHARITABLE MEANS, BY PROMOTING THE ESPRIT DE CORPS OF ALL SERVING OVERSEAS, PRIMARILY THROUGH CHRISTMAS BOXES.

**Activities:** The Charity despatches Christmas Boxes to unaccompanied members of the UK Armed Forces who are overseas and away from their families on Christmas Day each year.

**Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £118917 | £134921 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £129701 | £143526 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £132325 | £155876 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £71429 | £152503 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £33188 | £167970 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Ciaran Thomas Scanlon — appointed March 1, 2023
- Neil Russell — appointed Oct. 4, 2023
- Stewart Roy Sharman — appointed April 24, 2016