United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association

Analysis

United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association reported income of £515k and spending of £582k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £190k to £515k (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include RAF Brize Norton JRWF (£476k), The Rifles Regimental Trust (£574k) and Royal Artillery Saddle Club, Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill (£464k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £40k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.

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.