Intelligence Corps Association
At a glance
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Key takeaways
- This funder is only open to people connected with the Corps: a benevolence request must come from someone who is, or has a very close relative who is, a serving or former Intelligence Corps member or a full ICA member, and the New Purpose Fund is open to full and associate members.
- Charities with similar objectives may also receive grants, but only for the benefit of qualifying members and their families, so a wider charity should not apply unless that describes its work.
- The Association does not accept unsolicited requests, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered.
- The funds for sports and adventurous training are allocated by the strength of each bid at the annual board, with priority for adventurous training, junior personnel, new activities and teamwork, and applications should go in four weeks before the event where possible.
- No typical or largest grant size is given, so a grant writer should not assume a particular amount.
Overview
Intelligence Corps Association is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1175211).
The Intelligence Corps Comrades Association was founded to foster esprit de corps, keep members in touch and help those leaving service with employment and benevolence. Today the Intelligence Corps Association exists to promote the wellbeing of the Intelligence Corps, to educate the public about the Corps, and to support the Intelligence Corps Museum. The annual report gives annual giving of £353,359, which may include grants to individuals. Its two funds are the Svendsen Benevolence Fund and the New Purpose Fund.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Association supports serving and former Intelligence Corps members and their families, especially through benevolence for people in hardship, distress or need. It also backs Corps units and formed groups with social grants, and supports sports and adventurous training, with priority for adventurous training, junior personnel, new activities and teamwork. Its wider work strengthens the Corps family through heritage and museum support, remembrance, Corps Day and regional activities, and resettlement and employment support for service leavers. It can also make grants to charities or charitable funds with similar objectives for the benefit of qualifying members and their families. Welfare requests are assessed on their merits; serving members apply through the chain of command, while veterans' cases are usually referred by an independent caseworker.
Themes
- Benevolence and welfare
- Sports and adventure training
- Social activities
- Corps heritage
- Remembrance
- Resettlement and employment
How to apply
For social and other financial-support requests, applicants use the relevant ICA grant form for consideration by the Benevolence and Grants Committee. Group social grant applications use the designated forms.
Deadlines: Submit applications four weeks before the event where possible.
Who can apply:
- The applicant must prove that the proposed activity falls within the scope of the charitable funds and that they intend to carry it out in the most cost-effective manner.
- Charities or charitable funds with similar objectives may receive grants.
- Benevolence and Welfare: To be eligible to apply for a grant you, or a very close relative, must be a serving member of the Corps, or have served in the Intelligence Corps, or be a full member of the Intelligence Corps Association.
- New Purpose Fund: The fund is available to all Full ICA members and Associate (next of Kin) members, serving or retired.
What to send:
- A case for serving personnel must be made through the chain of command.
- A case for veterans must be made by an independent caseworker.
- New Purpose Fund
- Submit a statement of justification.
- Provide costings, total cost, personal contribution and total requested from ICA.
Applying again: Benevolence and Welfare: One benevolence request does not preclude others.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- The trustees prioritise adventurous training over sport, junior personnel over senior personnel, new activities and activities focused on teamwork.
- Most sports and adventurous-training funds are allocated according to the strength of the bid at the annual board.
Where they fund
Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)
Similar funders
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Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2020 | £499,850 | £361,433 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2020 |
| year to 31 December 2021 | £599,178 | £384,002 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2021 |
| year to 31 December 2022 | £490,243 | £519,405 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £490,243 | £519,405 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £527,602 | £601,223 | £353,359 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2024: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
— No grants figure for that year.
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
- roseandlaurel.uk · read on 31 October 2026
- roseandlaurel.uk/Benevolence-Welfare · read on 31 October 2026
- roseandlaurel.uk/General-Grants · read on 31 October 2026
- roseandlaurel.uk/Sports-Adventure-Training · read on 31 October 2026
- roseandlaurel.uk/Portals/0/NEW%20PURPOSE%20FUND.pdf · read on 31 October 2026
- roseandlaurel.uk/About-Us · read on 31 October 2026
- roseandlaurel.uk/Contact-Us · read on 31 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2024)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.
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