COMBAT STRESS

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. COMBAT STRESS 2016-12-08 → present
2. EX-SERVICES MENTAL WELFARE SOCIETY 1931-05-11 → 2016-12-08

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Moore Kingston Smith LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis which assumes that Combat Stress will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Board of Trustees have considered the working capital and cash flow requirements and consider that the current and forecast cash resources are sufficient to cover the working capital requirements of the Charity for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the accounts. Having considered these matters, the Trustees do not consider there to be a material uncertainty and have accordingly prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. COMBAT STRESS · parent
   1. Ex-Services Mental Welfare Society · United Kingdom · shell company used to protect the previous name of Combat Stress. It has never traded and holds nil net assets.
   2. Combat Stress Trading Limited · England and Wales · The main source of income for the trading company was the sale of merchandise, such as Christmas cards, clothing and badges and promotional material bearing the Combat Stress logo. An additional income strand relates to commercial participator agreements.

Significant events

• “In May 2024, His Majesty King Charles III chose to retain his patronage of Combat Stress.”
• “VICTOR won the Healthcare and Rehabilitation Award at the prestigious Soldiering On Awards in September 2024.”
• “The Combat Stress Learning team were recognised with Bronze Award for Learning Giveback and Finalists in Education, Training and Development at the Soldiering on Awards.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

4

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +5.5%

  £13,370,000 → £14,100,000

• Cash

  -36.6%

  £2,192,000 → £1,390,000

• Net assets

  -14.9%

  £19,141,000 → £16,292,000

• Employees

  -3.3%

  211 → 204

• Operating profit

  -39.5%

  -£2,003,000 → -£2,794,000

• Profit before tax

  -39.5%

  -£2,003,000 → -£2,794,000

• Wages

  +0.7%

  £9,863,000 → £9,932,000

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers