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Armed forces Charities

Discover 459 Armed forces charities. Use the search below to filter within these results.

459
Charities
£1,200,574,220
Total Income
£2,354,067
Avg Income
72.3%
Program Ratio

Major UK charities curated by Charity Finder for size, recognition, and registry coverage. Click through for full profiles, financials, and trustees.

145 (south) Brigade Charitable Fund

Armed forces, Beneficiary group

To provide help and financial assistance to those soldiers and their families stationed in 145(S) Brigade's area of responsibility.

Latest Income: £1,242
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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The Royal Lincolnshire Regimental Museum Trust

Armed forces, Heritage

Operation of Regimental Museum in conjunction with Lincolnshire County Council's Museum of Lincolnshire Life.

Latest Income: £1,226
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association - Preston Branch

Armed forces, Beneficiary group

Assist current and former members of the Royal Air Force and their families by means of the Wing Appeal, grants and direct assistance.

Latest Income: £1,206
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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The Barnsley And District Prisoner Of War And Ex-Servicemen And Women's Fund

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Crime and Justice, Housing

To provide finanacial assistance to ex-service men and there families on a case by case basis as and when required.

Latest Income: £1,170
Areas of Operation: Barnsley
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association Chingford Branch

Armed forces, Beneficiary group

Promote welfare of the whole RAF family through the comradeship and welfare of the Association

Latest Income: £1,088
Areas of Operation: Waltham Forest
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association (blackhall Branch)

Armed forces

Welfare or serving and ex-serving Air Forces people and their dependants

Latest Income: £1,083
Areas of Operation: Durham
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association - Frome Branch

Armed forces, Charity and VCS support

National and local fundraising for the RAFA by holding various functions and an annual street collection called the Battle of Britain Wings Appeal. Money raised helps to support ex-RAF members who need assistance.

Latest Income: £1,075
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association - Castleford Branch

Armed forces, Housing, Social care

To collect and donate monies collected to R.A.F "Wngs Appeal"Donate money to an R.A.F Care Home.

Latest Income: £1,055
Areas of Operation: City Of Wakefield
Status: Registered
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Hms Collingwood Volunteer Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Leisure

THE OBJECT OF THE CORPS IS TO HELP AND EDUCATE CHILDREN, BETWEEN THE AGES OF 9 AND 18, TO DEVELOP THROUGH THEIR LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, THEIR PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES IMPROVED BY EMPLOYING THE TRADITIONS AND PRACTICES OF THE ROYAL NAVY.

Latest Income: £895
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association - Northampton Branch

Armed forces, Social care

To assist serving and former members of the Royal Air Force with either financial help, respite care or information on other forms of assistance as and when the need arises.

Latest Income: £824
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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The Maple Fund

Armed forces

To provide financial assistance to Service personnel serving in HMS RALEIGH and/or living in South East Cornwall when support from other, larger charities is either inappropriate or may take too long in providing urgently needed assistance

Latest Income: £822
Areas of Operation: Cornwall
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association - Torquay Branch

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support

We raise money for the welfare of ex R.A.F. personnel and serving R.A.F. personnel and their families

Latest Income: £754
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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The Royal Observer Corps Museum Trust

Armed forces, Arts, Heritage, Housing

To provide, and promote a public museum containing a collection of artefacts, a library of books, video and audio tapes illustrating the work of the Royal Observer Corps and associated subjects such as aircraft recognition, The Royal Air Force, Home and Civil Defence. To provide facilities for the education of students and interested persons by using the collections for research and local history.

Latest Income: £706
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Hampshire County And Isle Of Wight Army Cadet Force Welfare Fund

Armed forces, Associations

Army Cadet Force

Latest Income: £656
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Arthur Hennell For St Dunstans

Armed forces, Health

To ensure that all blind or visually impaired ex-Service men and women throughout the United Kingdom who become our members are given the emotional and physical support required to enable them to lead independent lives, in spite of their blindness or visual impairment.

Latest Income: £638
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association - Whitley Bay And North Shields Branch

Armed forces

The RAF Association provides relief of serving and ex-service members of the Royal Air Force who are in need by giving information, advice and support- sometimes financial

Latest Income: £600
Areas of Operation: North Tyneside
Status: Registered
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The Oldham Liaison Of Ex-Service Men Welfare Fund

Armed forces, Beneficiary group

TO, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE, TO EX SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN AND FAMILIES OF PAST AND PRESENT, HM FORCES WITHIN THE OLDHAM BOUNDARIES,SERVICE PERSONS,/FAMILIESIN NEED, FINANCIAL AND ADVICE, WITH CLOSE LIAISON WITH SSAFA AND THE ROYALBRITISH LEGION, AND 10 CURRENT DIFFERENT ASSOCS OF ALL THREE ARMED SERVICES

Latest Income: £580
Areas of Operation: Oldham
Status: Registered
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Hereford And Worcester Army Cadet Force Charitable Trust

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities

Makes grants to organisationsGeneral Charitable PurposesEducation/TrainingSport/recreationfor the benefit of Children/Young people in HEREFORDSHIRE & WORCESTERSHIRE

Latest Income: £566
Areas of Operation: Herefordshire
Status: Registered
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Royal Norfolk Veterans Association

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support

Our association was formed in Norwich in 1898 to raise funds to rescue from the workhouse or a paupers grave any soldier sailoror marine, and to grant pecuniary aid to the widow of a deceased member of the association.we still adhere to those principles albeit in a modified form to this day funds permitting, the membership approve the grants to be awarded to those members in ill health .

Latest Income: £500
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association - Harrogate And District Branch

Armed forces

WELFARE OF SERVING AND EX-SERVING AIR FORCE PEOPLE AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

Latest Income: £493
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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South East Welsh Valleys Rafa

Armed forces

To promote the welfare by charitable means of those who are serving or have served in our Air Force, their wives and dependents of those who died either while serving in our Air Forces or thereafter.

Latest Income: £406
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association - Yeovil Branch

Armed forces

As per Governing Body - Registered Charity 226686 - The Royal Air Forces Association

Latest Income: £370
Areas of Operation: Somerset
Status: Registered
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The Lord Bolton Lodge Charitable Fund

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Social welfare

THE CHARITY IS PREDOMINANTLY A MASONIC CHARITY, HOWEVER IN 2014to2015 . WE GAVE GRANTS TO NON-MASONIC CHARITIES. GRANTS WENT TO THE BLOODFAST EVS:SOLDIERS SAILORS AIRMEN FAMILIES ASSOCIATION. GRANTS WERE 50% TO MASONIC CHARITIES AND 50% TO OTHER CHARITIES. WE ALSO ORGANISED RAFFLES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

Latest Income: £351
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Charity Of Florence R L Blagg For The Preston Branch Of The Soldiers' Sailors' And Airmen's Families Association

Armed forces, Beneficiary group

Assists disabled Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in the Preston, Lancashire Postcode area

Latest Income: £259
Areas of Operation: Lancashire
Status: Registered
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Mercian Volunteers Regimental Association

Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfare

To relieve persons who are serving or who have served in the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Mercian Volunteers and in the Worcestershire and Staffordshire Companies of the Light Infantry and Mercian Volunteers and their widows, children or other dependents who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress.To promote the efficiency of the Mercian Volunteers and to maintain its traditions

Latest Income: £212
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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Frequently asked questions about this sector

How many armed forces charities are there in the UK?

There are 459 registered armed forces charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.

Which is the largest of the armed forces charities by income?

The Salvation Army is the largest by latest reported annual income (£338.3m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.

What is the combined annual income of armed forces charities?

Armed forces charities reported a combined annual income of £1.2bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.

What is a typical program ratio for armed forces charities?

Across all armed forces charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 72.3%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.

What is the average annual income of armed forces charities?

Armed forces charities have an average annual income of £2.4m. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.