Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown

Analysis

Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Fareham. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown reported income of £1.4m and spending of £4.6m, spending 336% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £5.9m to £1.4m (-77%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 142% 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, Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown 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 Royal Naval Sailing Association (£1.0m), The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces Charity (£1.6m) and Care After Combat (£973k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 5.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.3m. It employed 1 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.