Armed forces, emergency and public safety: charities in England and Wales

Overview

England and Wales has 993 registered charities working on armed forces, emergency and public safety on the current register extract, of which 919 reported income in their latest return. Together they reported £891.0m of income. The median charity took in £56k, while the largest tenth reported £999k or more, so a typical donation goes to a far smaller organisation than the household names at the top of this list.

Income is concentrated: the ten largest charities working on armed forces, emergency and public safety account for 47% of the total. Across the whole group, 283 charities have a note from the register, such as overdue accounts or three years of spending above income, and those notes are shown on each charity's page.

539 of the charities with reported income (59%) took in under £100k a year. Pages for the 681 charities with several years of accounts include their full income history, a comparison with similar-sized peers and a breakdown of where the money comes from.