Church of England Soldiers’, Sailors’ & Airmen's Clubs (CESSAC)
Key takeaways
- Its stated focus is grants to eligible charities that support serving personnel, and support for former personnel and their dependants, usually through housing, so a request should fit one of those themes.
- The annual report gives no grants figure and no grant range, and significant grants depend on available funds, so smaller grants made when opportunities arise may be the more realistic route to ask about.
- No application process is published, so the sensible first step is to use the contact shown to ask whether your work fits before you write a full request.
- Its stated geographic focus is Great Britain and overseas.
Overview
Church of England Soldiers’, Sailors’ & Airmen's Clubs (CESSAC) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 226684).
CESSAC is a registered charity whose principal aim is running homely, welcoming amenity centres at military bases to improve the morale and wellbeing of service personnel and their families. It also supports veteran Armed Forces personnel and their dependants, usually through sheltered housing. It began by providing a non-proselytising, alcohol-free 'home-from-home' for service personnel, and extended its reach from Soldiers to Sailors and later Airmen.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The foundation's grants support a broad object of providing support for serving personnel as needs arise, through grants to eligible charities. Its wider work centres on operating welcoming amenity centres at military bases to improve the morale and wellbeing of service personnel and their families. It also aims to provide facilities and equipment for educational, recreational and leisure pursuits for serving personnel, at its centres or elsewhere, at home and abroad. The foundation supports former Armed Forces personnel and their dependants when they need assistance, including through housing. Significant grants depend on available funds; smaller grants under other objects are made annually when opportunities arise.
Themes
- Armed forces welfare
- Military amenity centres
- Veterans' housing
- Service personnel recreation
Geographic Focus
Great Britain; Overseas.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Significant grants are made only when funds permit.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
- International
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2021 | £670,468 | £784,683 | £13 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £931,820 | £1,056,673 | £421 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £1,048,358 | £1,227,766 | £272 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £1,047,812 | £1,284,865 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £1,094,706 | £1,297,705 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
— No grants figure for those years.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- cessaha.co.uk/cessac · read on 30 October 2026
- cessaha.co.uk/contact/charity · read on 30 October 2026
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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