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army benevolent fund

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Activities & Mission

The Charity's Objectives are to benefit persons who are serving or who have served in the British Army, or their dependants, in any charitable way by the provision of grants, loans, gifts, pensions or otherwise.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£38,740,182
Latest Expenditure
£15,993,849

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 23.6%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 57.3%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 43.8%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £33,310,585
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £3,152,286
Investments £2,277,311
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £9,161,365
Raising Funds £6,832,484
Governance £177,585
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2025£38,740,182£15,993,849£9,161,365£118,490,941£104,417,85684 / 1000
2024£15,259,562£15,615,647£9,148,077£97,906,033£83,116,09283 / 1000
2023£11,402,605£14,675,195£8,984,126£92,860,312£65,611,79778 / 1000
2022£11,157,055£13,387,894£8,427,858£100,131,157£71,527,13479 / 1000
2021£11,847,964£12,308,072£8,270,016£93,889,583£32,146,72185 / 1000

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers

Details

Address
MOUNTBARROW HOUSE
6-20 ELIZABETH STREET
LONDON
SW1W 9RB
Registration Date
15 March 2012
Status
Registered

Registry Information

Organisation Number
5026912
Charity Number
1146420

Trustees

JAMES ROUS
Amanda Metcalfe
Anthony Craufurd Scott
ROWENA RUTH FELL
RACHEL SARAH BOOTH
DAVID CHARLES GEORGE LONDON
Christopher Glynn Sheridan Hughes
Julie White
Samuel Leslie Humphris
Caitlin Murea Hayden
Anna Katherine Lucy Sedgley
Mark George Culmer
John Stephen Miller

Also Known As

  • ABF THE SOLDIERS' CHARITY