Fishing for Forces

Analysis

Fishing for Forces is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and recreation, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07377831). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Fishing for Forces reported income of £21k and spending of £41k, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £20k to £21k (+5.9%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 165% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fishing for Forces sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The English National Opera Benevolent Fund (£21k), Chinthowa Development Trust (£21k) and Godiva Voluntary Medical Responders (£21k).

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.