Church of England Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Clubs

Analysis

Church of England Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Clubs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in July 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under housing and shelter. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00034118). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Church of England Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Clubs reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.3m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £670k to £1.1m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, Church of England Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Clubs sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shirley Old People's Welfare Committee Limited (£1.1m), The Bridge (East Midlands) (£1.1m) and Women's Aid in Luton (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 72%, investments 9.6% and donations and legacies 7.6%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 0.5%. Reserves of £3.0m would cover about 27 months of spending at that rate. It employed 46 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.