Army Rifle Association

Analysis

Army Rifle Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woking. It was registered in January 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Army Rifle Association reported income of £183k and spending of £148k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £138k to £183k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Army Rifle Association sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dynasty Reign Allstars (£183k), The Rhondda Netball Foundation (£184k) and The Officers' Mess Fund, Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (£183k).