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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.

Tamworth & Lichfield Sea Cadets

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education

WE ARE PART OF A NATIONWIDE VOLUNTARY UNIFORMED YOUTH ORGANISATION, OPEN TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 10 TO 18 YRS, REGARDLESS OF SEX, RELIGION OR RACE AND WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF SAFETY TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, THE SEA CADET CORPS IS ABOUT HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE TOWARDS RESPONSIBLE ADULTHOOD BY ENCOURAGING VALUBLE PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND HIGH STANDARDS OF CONDUCT USING NAUTICAL THEMES BASED ON THE ROYAL NAVY

Latest Income: £34,043
Areas of Operation: Staffordshire
Status: Registered
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Combined Charities

Armed forces, Social welfare

The Charity is an amalgamation of several former Charities, now regulated by a single Sealed Scheme of the Charity Commissioners, for benevolent purposes relating to the relief of need, hardship or distress of persons (and their dependants) who have served in, and for promoting the efficiency and maintaining the traditions of, the County Infantry Regiments of Surrey and their successors in title.

Latest Income: £33,408
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Hebburn Unit 176 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education

Sea Cadets is the UK's largest maritime youth charity.Cadets go to sea, learn to sail and do adventure training, all on a nautical theme, plus get extra skills to give you a head start in life.Cadets are between 10 and 12 as a Junior, 12 to 18 as a Sea Cadet and 13 to 18 as a Royal Marines Cadet.

Latest Income: £33,327
Areas of Operation: South Tyneside
Status: Registered
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Norwich Unit No 257 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group

to provide training activities to young people aged between 10-18 based on the disciplines and traditions of the Royal Navy.

Latest Income: £33,229
Areas of Operation: Norfolk
Status: Registered
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The Light Dragoons Heritage Trust (museum Of The Light Dragoons)

Armed forces, Heritage

Providing information and public awareness of the Regiment it's role,achievement and local connections through interesting and innovative display of the collections thereby contributing to the projection of a positive image of the Army.

Latest Income: £33,006
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Cheshire Yeomanry Regimental Association

Armed forces, Social welfare

The objects of the Association are as follows: (a) To maintain and promote a fellowship and association between past and present members of the Cheshire Yeomanry. (b) To promote the welfare of past and present members of the Cheshire Yeomanry and to provide an organisation and means of relief in cases of hardship or distress among members. (c) To provide an organisation to represent and safeguard

Latest Income: £32,377
Areas of Operation: Various
Status: Registered
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The Royal Yeomanry Regimental Association

Armed forces

To support and promote the activities of the Royal Yeomanry Regiment and provide welfare support to current and past members of the association.

Latest Income: £32,311
Areas of Operation: England
Status: Registered
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Wandsworth Chelsea And Fulham Unit 278 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group

Uniformed Youth Organisation based on the traditions of the Royal Navy to enable young people to become responsible citizens.

Latest Income: £32,301
Areas of Operation: Hammersmith And Fulham
Status: Registered
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Camberley Unit 477 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group

The Aim of the Sea Cadet Corps is to help young people towards responsibleadulthood by encouraging valuable personal attributes and high standards of conduct, using anautical theme based on the customs of the Royal Navy.

Latest Income: £32,182
Areas of Operation: Hampshire
Status: Registered
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Northampton Unit 255 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group

The aim of the sea cadet corps is to help young people towards responsible adulthood by encouraging valuable personal attributes and high standards of conduct, using a nautical theme based on the customs of the Royal Navy.

Latest Income: £31,925
Areas of Operation: Northamptonshire
Status: Registered
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Historic Aircraft Flight Trust

Armed forces, Heritage

The Historic Aircraft Flight (HAF) Trust helps to preserve Historic Army Air Corps aircraft as a 'living museum' for veterans commemorative and memorial purposes, as an aid to recruiting and to supporting wider Army heritage in public. The Trust relies principally on donations. The fund is used to provide goods and services for the HAF that no longer available from or attributable to public funds.

Latest Income: £31,790
Areas of Operation: England And Wales
Status: Registered
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Bury And Radcliffe Unit 279 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group

National Youth Groupbased on the traditions of the Royal Navy

Latest Income: £31,731
Areas of Operation: Bury
Status: Registered
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Swansea Unit 331 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Leisure

In accordance with Sea Cadet regulation, our aim is to help young people towards responsible adulthood by encouraging valuable personal attributes and high standards of conduct using a nautical theme based on the customs of the Royal Navy, also providing adventure training under the Duke of Edinburgh award scheme.

Latest Income: £31,054
Areas of Operation: City Of Swansea
Status: Registered
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Filey Unit Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group

To help young people towards responsible adulthood by encouraging valuable personal attributes and high standards of conduct, using a nautical theme based on the customs of the Royal Navy.

Latest Income: £31,035
Areas of Operation: North Yorkshire
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association - York Branch

Armed forces

The Royal Air Forces Association is incorporated by Royal Charter and its objects are the promotion and welfare of those who are serving or have served in Her Majesty's Royal Air Force and the air forces of the Commonwealth and their dependants by the establishment and maintenance of an organisation for their benefit.

Latest Income: £30,509
Areas of Operation: City Of York
Status: Registered
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The Queen's Gurkha Engineers Trust Fund

Armed forces

To promote the efficiency of the regiment as decided, from time to time, by the trustees.

Latest Income: £30,496
Areas of Operation: Malaysia
Status: Registered
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Ipswich Unit 195 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Leisure

To provide a range of activities, sports and skills that are attractive and adventurous within a caring discipline, based on the high standards of the Royal Navy and to assist in development of self-confidence, self-discipline, leadership and sense of responsibility to the community.

Latest Income: £30,485
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Melton Mowbray Toy Soldiers Marching Display Band

Armed forces, Arts, Charity and VCS support

The Band teaches members' from the age of nine years to read music, play musical instruments, to march, and then support other Charities to raise funds the length and breadth of this Country by taking part in Carnivals, and Fetes etc., from May through to September of each year.

Latest Income: £30,470
Areas of Operation: Leicestershire
Status: Registered
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Barrow-In-Furness Unit No 23 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group

To help young people towards responsible adulthood by encouraging valuable personal attributes and high standards of conduct, using a nautical theme based on the customs of the Royal Navy.

Latest Income: £29,995
Areas of Operation: Cumbria
Status: Registered
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Ellesmere Port Unit Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations

As an independent charity, but part of the national Sea Cadets, we rely on the goodwill of our local community and businesses for financial support. Sea Cadets welcome all donations, which help provide opportunities that help them towards responsible adulthood by encouraging valuable personal attributes and high standards of conduct, using a nautical theme based on the customs of the Royal Navy.

Latest Income: £29,715
Areas of Operation: Cheshire West & Chester
Status: Registered
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Exmouth Unit 395 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group, Education, Leisure

The training of young people aged 10 yrs to 18 yrs in Royal Navy & Royal Marine activities. This includes various waterborne training, leadership, teamwork and various recreational and sporting activities.

Latest Income: £29,306
Areas of Operation: Devon
Status: Registered
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Birmingham (sherbourne) Unit 41 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group

Sea Cadets aim to give young people the best possible head start in lift through nautical adventure and fun, based on the traditions of the Royal Navy

Latest Income: £29,296
Areas of Operation: Birmingham City
Status: Registered
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1st Oulton Broad Sea Scouts

Armed forces, Associations, Charitable activities

The 1st Oulton Broad Sea Scout Group is one of one hundred groups recognised by the Royal Navy within the United Kingdom. All aims & activities are as directed within the Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR) of the Scout Association.

Latest Income: £29,019
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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Felixstowe Unit 478 Of The Sea Cadet Corps

Armed forces, Associations, Beneficiary group

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE TOWARDS RESPONSIBLE ADULTHOOD BY ENCOURAGING VALUABLE PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND HIGH STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, USING A NAUTICAL THEME BASED ON THE CUSTOMS OF THE ROYAL NAVY

Latest Income: £28,858
Areas of Operation: Suffolk
Status: Registered
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The Royal Air Forces Association Tamworth Branch

Armed forces, Housing, Social care

provides help to ex members of the Royal Air Force and their dependants in the Tamworth Area in the form of welfare and other requirements including respite home accommodation when neccessary

Latest Income: £27,899
Areas of Operation: Derbyshire
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.