Armed Forces Widows and Bereaved Families Association (UK)

Analysis

Armed Forces Widows and Bereaved Families Association (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Armed Forces Widows and Bereaved Families Association (UK) reported income of £51k and spending of £137k, spending 266% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £170k to £51k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 166% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Armed Forces Widows and Bereaved Families Association (UK) sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Newell Centre Association (£51k), Ashford Mediation Service (£52k) and Kent Foster Care Association (£51k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.