Forces Welfare Fund

Analysis

Forces Welfare Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shaftesbury. It was registered in June 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Forces Welfare Fund reported income of £49k and spending of £10k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £41k to £49k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Forces Welfare Fund sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God His Dwelling Place at Bilston (£49k), The Drayton Centre (£49k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Donhead St Andrew (£49k).