The Salvation Army Officers' Pension Fund

Analysis

The Salvation Army Officers' Pension Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Salvation Army Officers' Pension Fund reported income of £4.4m and spending of £10.1m, spending 231% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £12.0m to £4.4m (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Salvation Army Officers' Pension Fund sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Small Thing (£4.3m), Age Concern in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (£4.7m) and The East Malling Trust (£3.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Reserves of £240.5m would cover about 277 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.