UK Armed Forces Polo Association

Analysis

UK Armed Forces Polo Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in February 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, armed forces/emergency service efficiency and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07835310). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending October 2025, UK Armed Forces Polo Association reported income of £13k and spending of £42k, spending 335% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £12k to £13k (+4.3%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 123%. Over the whole period it spent 159% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, UK Armed Forces Polo Association 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 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ghar Parau Foundation (£13k), Crowborough District Guide Association (£13k) and 5th Sunbury- On- Thames Scout Group (£13k).

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.