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Description
The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.
Also known as
- Blesma
OSCR Charity number
Registered
Postcode
CM2 0QT
Website
Latest income
£3,956,288 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator Charity Register Download published by Office of Scottish Charity Regulator.
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Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-SC gives the scheme for this identifier (Scottish Charity Register), while SC010315 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
Activities (OSCR)
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Beneficiaries (OSCR)
- Older people
- People with disabilities or health problems
Purposes (OSCR)
- The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Services for people with disabilities
D13
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.
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Armed forces
AF» VeteransAF104 -
Associations
AS -
Beneficiary group
BE» MenBE106 -
Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Health
HE -
Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association
GB-SC-SC010315Charity financial history
Back to contents| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1992-01-01 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2017-12-31 | 9,496,641 | 4,406,027 |
| 2018-12-31 | 8,802,632 | 5,972,845 |
| 2019-12-31 | 9,835,608 | 6,230,143 |
| 2020-12-31 | 4,757,648 | 5,231,681 |
| 2021-12-31 | 4,225,274 | 5,399,075 |
| 2022-12-31 | 3,956,288 | 6,354,779 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ministry of Defence
Veterans' Health & Well Being Fund FY20/21 |
£35,000 | £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Charities (Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust) |
£15,935 | Covenant Fund | ||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Other Government Departments |
£125,000 | COVID IMPACT FUND | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
COVID19 Impact Fund |
£125,000 | Covid-19 Impact Fund | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
Defence - LIBOR Grants awarded by the Chancellor FY19/20 |
£71,044 | Financial Assistance/Support | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
Defence - LIBOR Grants awarded by the Chancellor FY19/20 |
£342,000 | Financial Assistance/Support | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
Defence - LIBOR Grants awarded by the Chancellor FY18/19 |
£69,048 | Financial Assistance/Support | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
Defence - LIBOR Grants awarded by the Chancellor FY18/19 |
£342,000 | Financial Assistance/Support |
Data source
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- Cabinet Office (8 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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