The British Fire Services Association Members Welfare Fund

Analysis

The British Fire Services Association Members Welfare Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in July 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The British Fire Services Association Members Welfare Fund reported income of £133k and spending of £21k, leaving 84% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £25k to £133k (+424%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 454%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The British Fire Services Association Members Welfare Fund sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Toy Appeal (£132k), Churches in Reading Drop-In Centre (£133k) and Queen's Park Community Organisation (£132k).