Forces Support Limited

Analysis

Forces Support Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 07192349). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Forces Support Limited reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.2m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.5m to £2.3m (-9.8%), an average of -2.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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 Support Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scotty's Little Soldiers (£1.9m), Flint House Police Rehabilitation (£5.8m) and The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 95%, investments 3.1% and donations and legacies 1.7%. Charitable activities took 23% of spending and raising funds 77%. Grants to other organisations totalled £235k. Reserves of £3.1m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 61 people.