The Not Forgotten Association (Nfa)

Analysis

The Not Forgotten Association (Nfa) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08302965). It says it makes grants to individuals and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Not Forgotten Association (Nfa) reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.4m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £995k to £1.3m (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Not Forgotten Association (Nfa) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Teesside Ability Support Centre (£1.3m), ECHO for Extra Choices in Herefordshire Limited (£1.3m) and Listening Books (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and investments 3.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £54k. Charitable activities took 88% of spending and raising funds 10%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 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.