Forces Employment Charity

Analysis

Forces Employment Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03270369). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Forces Employment Charity reported income of £9.1m and spending of £9.9m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £5.4m to £9.1m (+68%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Forces Employment Charity sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include China Fleet Trust (£7.4m), Police Now (£11.1m) and Flint House Police Rehabilitation (£5.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, investments 2.0% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.6%. Reserves of £3.2m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 191 people.

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.