# CHURCH OF ENGLAND SOLDIERS', SAILORS' & AIRMEN'S CLUBS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 226684
- **Other names:** CHURCH OF ENGLAND SOLDIERS' SAILORS' & AIRMEN'S CLUBS, CHURCH OF ENGLAND SOLDIERS' SAILORS' AND AIRMEN'S CLUBS, C E S S A C
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** July 2, 1963
- **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=226684


## Contact

- **Address:** CESSAC, 1 Shakespeare Terrace, 126 High Street, PORTSMOUTH
- **Postcode:** PO1 2RH
- **Phone:** 02392 829319
- **Email:** JOSEPH.PETTY@CESSAHA.CO.UK
- **Website:** www.cessaha.co.uk/cessac



## Activities

**Objects:** TO OPEN, CARRY ON, ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CHURCH OF ENGLAND SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND AIRMENS CLUBS. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED IN HER MAJESTY'S FORCES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF HOUSING. TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AMONGST THOSE SERVING IN HER MAJESTY'S FORCES.

**Activities:** To support the moral component of HM Armed Forces, particularly through the operation of  amenity centres in or near military bases in the UK and overseas. To support veteran Armed Forces personnel and their dependants, usually through sheltered housing. To support the CofE in the delivery of its spiritual and charitable objectives across Defence.

**Area of benefit:** GREAT BRITAIN AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Accommodation/housing, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Cornwall
- Dorset
- Essex
- Greenwich
- Hampshire
- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1047812 | £1284865 | £3032131 | 48 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1048358 | £1227766 | £3140100 | 46 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £927953 | £1056673 | £3258587 | 30 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £605464 | £784683 | £3786603 | 29 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £750504 | £980017 | £3608303 | 32 |



## Trustees

- **Captain Nicholas Edgar Fletcher** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 10, 2025
- Alexandra Sard MBE — appointed Nov. 22, 2023
- Allan Davies — appointed Nov. 19, 2025
- Commander Simon John Snowball — appointed April 30, 2019
- David John Foster FCA — appointed Nov. 20, 2019
- Lieutenant Colonel David Bruce Ruffle — appointed June 21, 2023
- Margaret Grindell MSc — appointed June 22, 2022
- Steven David Rice — appointed Feb. 2, 2022