# THE VETERANS CHARITY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1123149
- **Other names:** PROJECT 65
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [06484880](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06484880)
- **Registered:** March 11, 2008
- **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=1123149


## Contact

- **Address:** The Veterans Charity, Unit 7, Seven Brethren Bank, BARNSTAPLE
- **Postcode:** Devon
- **Phone:** 01271371001
- **Email:** contact@veteranscharity.org.uk
- **Website:** www.veteranscharity.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) TO PROMOTE THE MILITARY EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES AND TO FOSTER GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A MEMORIAL OR MEMORIALS TO THOSE SERVICE PERSONNEL WHO TOOK PART IN THE OPERATION TO CAPTURE VITAL BRIDGES IN NORMANDY, FRANCE, AS A PRELUDE TO D-DAY IN JUNE 1944 AND THEREBY ENCOURAGING AND MAINTAINING PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE SACRIFICE MADE BY SUCH PERSONS. (2) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE OPERATION TO CAPTURE VITAL BRIDGES IN NORMANDY, FRANCE, AS A PRELUDE TO D-DAY IN JUNE 1944. (3) TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR SERVING AND FORMER SERVING PERSONNEL AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO MAY BE IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

**Activities:** SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SERVED IN HER MAJESTY&#x27;S ARMED FORCES THROUGH DIRECT PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, ADVICE OR GENERAL SUPPORT.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** ENGLAND AND WALES
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Air Commodore Sonia M Phythian OBE |  | Feb. 6, 2025 |
| GENERAL SIR ROBERT ALAN PASCOE KCB MBE |  |  |
| General Robert John Thomson CBE DSO |  | Dec. 19, 2022 |
| Hume Richard Webb Jones |  | July 26, 2021 |
| IAIN HENDERSON |  | Oct. 30, 2015 |
| VAUGHAN KENT-PAYNE |  | July 23, 2015 |
| William Ernest Holland |  | Nov. 8, 2022 |



