Fire Fighters Charity

Analysis

Fire Fighters Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04480058). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Fire Fighters Charity reported income of £11.2m and spending of £12.3m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £8.3m to £11.2m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fire Fighters Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% 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 The National Forest Company (£11.2m), Mercy Ships - U.k Ltd (£11.2m) and Tonbridge and Malling Leisure Trust (£11.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 79%, trading 14%, investments 4.6% and charitable activities 2.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2.2m. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 27%. Reserves of £35.5m would cover about 34 months of spending at that rate. It employed 211 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.