THE SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AIRMEN AND FAMILIES ASSOCIATION - FORCES HELP

Charity Number: 210760
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

RELIEVING THE NEED, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF THOSE SERVING OR HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDANTS THROUGH - WELFARE ADVICE AND SUPPORT - HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE/WELFARE SERVICES - HOUSING -SPECIALIST SERVICES TO MEET UNMET NEEDS OF ARMED FORCES COMMUNITY

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£34,120,000

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Donations and legacies £10.98m
Charitable activities £18.18m
Other trading activities £2.06m
Investments £2.03m
Other £867.00k

Total expenditure:
£35,147,000

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Raising funds £4.45m
Charitable activities £30.68m
Other £25.00k

-£2,108,000 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £6,150,000 from 2 government contract(s) and £617,000 from 2 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £4.47m
Charitable expenditure £30.68m

People

395 Employee(s)

12 Trustee(s)

2500 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 7
£70k to £80k 2
£80k to £90k 3
£90k to £100k 2
£140k to £150k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Brunei
  • Canada
  • Cyprus
  • Falkland Islands
  • France
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Nepal
  • Northern Ireland
  • Portugal
  • Scotland

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 January 1963: Standard registration
  • 01 April 1995: Removed
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • S S A F A FORCES HELP (Working name)
  • SSAFA (Working name)
  • ssafa, the armed forces charity (Working name)
  • SOLDIERS', SAILORS' AND AIRMEN'S FAMILIES ASSOCIATION (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr Angela Kathryn Holdsworth Trustee 02 April 2025
None on record
Edwin Keith Marriott Trustee 19 March 2024
MIDLANDS AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY
Received: On time
SIR SIMON JOHN BOLLOM KBECBFREng Trustee 13 July 2023
None on record
Timothy John Seal Trustee 13 December 2022
THE ROYAL LOGISTIC CORPS CHARITY
Recently registered
ARMY RIFLE ASSOCIATION
Received: On time
Pravinkumar Navekar Trustee 13 December 2022
None on record
Alexandra Milner Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Lady Alexandra Walmsley Trustee 01 January 2022
None on record
Nick Baughan Trustee 15 July 2021
None on record
Kate Pennell Trustee 15 July 2021
ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY
Received: On time
Charles Ness Trustee 21 March 2018
None on record
Evelyn Strouts Trustee 28 September 2016
None on record
David Harley Athol ROWE Trustee 14 June 2012
THE HONORARY TREASURERS FORUM
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £44.69m £34.48m £40.24m £33.03m £34.12m
Total expenditure £44.93m £32.89m £29.74m £34.42m £35.15m
Income from government contracts £14.89m £8.80m £6.41m £6.42m £6.15m
Income from government grants £707.00k £895.00k £985.00k £171.00k £617.00k
Income - Donations and legacies £8.72m £9.91m £10.56m £11.16m £10.98m
Income - Other trading activities £2.79m £1.42m £1.96m £2.56m £2.06m
Income - Charitable activities £30.23m £21.10m £15.63m £17.15m £18.18m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £1.66m £1.64m £1.63m £1.59m £2.03m
Income - Other £1.29m £407.00k £10.47m £571.00k £867.00k
Income - Legacies £2.38m £3.21m £4.49m £5.29m £4.15m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £41.77m £30.41m £26.56m £29.89m £30.68m
Expenditure - Raising funds £3.16m £2.48m £3.10m £4.53m £4.45m
Expenditure - Governance £247.00k £187.00k £209.00k £218.00k £221.00k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £85.00k £2.00k £25.00k

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £11.29m £9.53m £9.14m £7.35m £4.29m
Long-term investments £34.81m £38.35m £42.92m £39.89m £39.89m
Other assets £13.72m £14.93m £19.86m £13.66m £12.96m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£1.71m -£17.09m £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £4.35m £3.85m £8.87m £4.15m £3.60m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 23 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 23 July 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 19 July 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 19 July 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 27 July 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 27 July 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 30 June 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 30 June 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 07 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 07 October 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

ROYAL CHARTER DATED 26 JANUARY 1926 AS VARIED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 23 JUNE 1982, BY ORDERS IN COUNCIL DATED 27 OCTOBER 1993, 13 MARCH 1996, 19 DECEMBER 1996 AND 11 DECEMBER 2013. REVISED CHARTER DATED 1 JANUARY 2014.

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEED, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, WHO IN EACH CASE SHALL SATISFY SUCH REQUIREMENTS AS THE COUNCIL MAY FROM TIME TO TIME SPECIFY BY REGULATIONS: 1. MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF ALL RANKS OF ALL BRANCHES OF OUR LAND SEA AND AIR FORCES (`BENEFICIARIES'); 2. ANY PERSON WHO IS DEPENDENT ON A BENEFICIARY; 3. ANY PERSON WHO WAS DEPENDENT ON A BENEFICIARY WHILE THAT BENEFICIARY WAS ALIVE; 4. ANY PERSON ON WHOM A BENEFICIARY IS DEPENDENT; AND 5. ANY PERSON ON WHOM A DECEASED BENEFICIARY WAS DEPENDENT.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED.

Linked charities

Linked charities
Linked charity 210760-3 BRIGHT TRUST FUND
Governing document
WILL PROVED 12 JANUARY 1950
Charitable objects
FOR ENDOWMENT OF A SMALL WARD AT SSAFA'S CHILDREN'S HOME, SPRINGBOK HOUSE.
Area of benefit
NOT DEFINED
Registration history
  • 22 January 1963 : Standard registration
  • 01 April 1995 : Removed

Contact information

Address:
S S A F A
Queen Elizabeth House
4 St. Dunstan's Hill
London
EC3R 8AD
Phone:
0800 260 6780
Email:
simon.blum@ssafa.org.uk
Website:

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