Registered charity 1206865

V-aid

What it does

The charity has not given a description on the register.

Its charitable purposes

TO RELIEVE AND ASSIST PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, WHO ARE VICTIMS OF CRISES, NATURAL OR ANTHROPOGENIC (MAN-MADE) DISASTERS, OR OTHER CATASTROPHIC EVENTS, THROUGH THE RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF EMERGENCY FOOD AND HUMANITARIAN AID DIRECTLY OR THROUGH PARTNER EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS-COMPOSED PRIMARILY, THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF FORMER ARMED FORCES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL-PROVIDING IMMEDIATE, SHORT-TERM HUMANITARIAN VICTUAL RELIEF FROM THE MOMENT A CRISIS OCCURS UNTIL SUITABLE LONGER-TERM SUPPORT IS ESTABLISHED;TO RELIEVE PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO VETERANS IN CRISIS, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM TO ACCESS AND AFFORD FOOD, AND THEREBY ALLEVIATE HUNGER CAUSED BY THE LACK OF OPPORTUNITIES OR RESOURCES TO OBTAIN SUFFICIENT FOOD, BY THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SHELF-STABLE EMERGENCY FOOD PARCELS AND ASSOCIATED HUMANITARIAN AID KITS; TO PROMOTE THE CONSTRUCTIVE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS AND THE RESETTLEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS BY PARTNERING WITH HIS MAJESTY’S PRISON AND PROBATION SERVICE AND THEIR VETERAN AND CIVILIAN INMATE VOLUNTEERS IN THE DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH AID DESCRIBED IN I AND II ABOVE; AND TO ENGAGE AND TRAIN SERVING INMATES IN THIS WORK AS A MEANS OF SUSTAINING V-AID’S HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO REHABILITATION THROUGH MEANINGFUL VOLUNTARY WORK AND ACCREDITED TRAINING.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Health and saving lives
Disability
Who it helps: Other charities and voluntary bodies
The general public
How it works: Provides services
Other charitable activities

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

Throughout England and Wales
Australia
Afghanistan
Akrotiri
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Azerbaijan
The Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos (keeling) Islands
Colombia
Comoros
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Congo (democratic Republic)
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Easter Island
Ecuador
El Salvador
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Eswatini
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands

Income and spending

In the year ending 28 February 2025, it had income of £19,314 and spent £11,839.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
28 February 2025	£19,314	£11,839	Not reported	8

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Spending against income: It spent 61% of its income in the year to 28 February 2025.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 28 February 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £11,000, awarded in 2024.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
12 Dec 2024	The National Lottery Community FundVeterans in Crisis	£11,000

Trustees

4 trustees run the charity.

Christin Lau
Colin Jenkins
David Middleton
Keith Davies

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

The last annual return that was due arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
28 February 2025	28 December 2025	Received 18 December 2025, 10 days early	Received 18 December 2025

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1206865
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 5 February 2024
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 05 FEB 2024AMENDED ON 26 JAN 2026
Website: www.v-aid.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Carmarthenshire

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

28 February 2025

£19,314

£11,839

Not reported

Awarded

Grant

Amount

12 Dec 2024

The National Lottery Community FundVeterans in Crisis

£11,000

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

28 February 2025

28 December 2025

Received 18 December 2025, 10 days early

Received 18 December 2025