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Description
Relieving the need, suffering and distress of those serving or have served in the armed forces and their families and dependants through- welfare advice and support- health and social care/welfare services- housing-specialist services to meet unmet needs of armed forces community
Also known as
- The Aircrew Association Charitable Fund
- Bright Trust Fund
- Burma War Donation
- Glasgow's Helping Heroes (SSAFA: the Armed Forces charity)
- Lancashire Branch, SSAFA Forces Help
- Maharajah Sindhia of Gwalior Fund
- Queen Elizabeth's Fund
- The Royal Homes
- The Royal Homes for Officers' Widows and Daughters
- S S a F a Forces Help
- Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association
- Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association Royal Homes for Officers' Widows' and Daughters
- The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
- Ssafa
- SSAFA (Tyne & Wear)
- The SSAFA - Forces Help (Tyne and Wear branch)
- SSAFA - Forces Help - Division Huntingdon And Ely
- SSAFA - Forces Help Shropshire Branch
- SSAFA - North Somerset
- SSAFA Cambridgeshire (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Families Ass)
- SSAFA Doncaster Drop-in and Information Centre
- SSAFA Doncaster and Thorne Division
- SSAFA Dyfed Branch
- SSAFA East Yorkshire
- SSAFA Forces Help
- SSAFA Forces Help (Nuneaton & Bedworth)
- SSAFA Forces Help (Redcar & Cleveland Division)
- SSAFA Forces Help - Cumbria
- SSAFA Forces Help - Devon
- SSAFA Forces Help - East Yorkshire Branch
- SSAFA Forces Help Bridlington Division
- SSAFA Forces Help Enterprises Limited
- SSAFA Forces Help Manchester Division
- SSAFA Forces Help, Glasgow Branch
- SSAFA Herefordshire
- SSAFA Somerset
- SSAFA South West Wales Branch
- SSAFA Staffordshire
- SSAFA The Armed Forces Charity
- SSAFA The Armed Forces Charity - Bolsover Division
- SSAFA Walsall Branch
- SSAFA Weston
- Scottish Resources Committee (SRC) SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity
- The Soldiers Sailors Airmen And Families Association - Forces Help
- The Soldiers Sailors Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
- Soldiers', Sailors' & Airmen's Families Association (SSAFA)
- Soldiers', Saliors' And Airmens Families Assoc.
- Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen & Families Association (SSAFA) Forces Help - Headquarters
- Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association
- The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
- The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association ? Forces Help
- Ssafa the Armed Forces Charity
- Ssafa, the Armed Forces Charity
...and 43 other names
CCEW Charity number
Registered
Postcode
EC3R 8AD
Website
Domain
ssafa.org.uk
Latest income
£33,035,000 (on )
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The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
GB-CHC-210760Locations
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Areas of operation in the UK
Area of operation outside the UK
- Brunei Darussalam
- Canada
- Cyprus
- Germany
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- France
- Gibraltar
- Ireland
- Italy
- Nepal
- Portugal
Registered Office in the UK
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GB-CHC-210760Linked records
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What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
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RPFC (inactive)
The Farnham and District War Relief Fund (inactive)
The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
GB-CHC-210760Themes and activities
Back to contentsThis organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Other individual and family services
D19
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Armed forces
AF -
Armed forces
AF» ArmyAF101 -
Associations
AS -
Beneficiary group
BE» FamiliesBE103 -
Health
HE -
Housing
HO» AccommodationHO101 -
Social care
SC
Theme (CCEW)
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The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Accommodation/housing
107
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Defined Groups
206
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Individuals
301 -
Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
GB-CHC-210760Charity financial history
Back to contents| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1965-04-28 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-12-31 | 18,952,952 | 33,245,619 |
| 2005-12-31 | 21,103,006 | 35,508,109 |
| 2006-12-31 | 38,001,703 | 38,546,925 |
| 2007-12-31 | 43,573,593 | 40,936,704 |
| 2008-12-31 | 46,914,815 | 45,386,094 |
| 2009-12-31 | 47,241,982 | 48,237,183 |
| 2010-12-31 | 48,453,000 | 45,733,000 |
| 2011-12-31 | 51,438,000 | 50,332,000 |
| 2012-12-31 | 50,365,000 | 50,119,000 |
| 2013-12-31 | 58,246,000 | 57,156,000 |
| 2014-12-31 | 59,655,000 | 59,745,000 |
| 2015-12-31 | 53,819,000 | 55,434,000 |
| 2016-12-31 | 51,808,000 | 49,708,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 47,431,000 | 46,554,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 47,359,000 | 46,418,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 44,685,000 | 44,931,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 34,479,000 | 32,887,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 40,242,000 | 29,742,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 33,035,000 | 34,416,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
GB-CHC-210760Charity people
Back to contents| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 393 | 351 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 15 | 15 |
| Volunteers | 2,506 | 3,413 |
| Trustees | 13 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
GB-CHC-210760Statement of Financial Activities
Back to contentsStatement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 5.9 | 6.1 |
| Legacies | 5.3 | 4.5 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 11.2 | 10.6 |
| Income from charitable activities | 17.2 | 15.6 |
| Income from other trading activities | 2.6 | 2.0 |
| Income from investments | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Other income | 0.6 | 10.5 |
| Total | 33.0 | 40.2 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| Spending on raising funds | 4.5 | 3.1 |
| Grants to institutions | - | - |
| Other charitable activities | 29.9 | 26.6 |
| Charitable activities | 29.9 | 26.6 |
| Other spending | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Total | 34.4 | 29.7 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | (1.4) | 10.5 |
The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
GB-CHC-210760Balance sheet
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Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 7.4 | 9.1 |
| Investment assets | 39.9 | 42.9 |
| 47.2 | 52.1 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | - | - |
| Cash | 8.4 | 14.2 |
| Other current assets | 5.3 | 5.7 |
| 13.7 | 19.9 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (4.1) | (8.5) |
| Net current assets | 9.5 | 11.4 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 56.8 | 63.5 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | - | (0.4) |
| Net assets | 56.8 | 63.1 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 6.0 | 7.2 |
| Unrestricted funds | 50.8 | 55.9 |
| 56.8 | 63.1 | |
The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
GB-CHC-210760Income from government
Back to contents| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 6,419,000 | 6,412,000 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 19.4% | 15.9% |
| Number of government contracts | 5 | 5 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 171,000 | 985,000 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Number of government grants | 1 | 5 |
The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association - Forces Help
GB-CHC-210760Grants received
Back to contentsReceived 101 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-operative Group | £1,017 | Grant to Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association | ||
| The Grocers' Charity | £2,000 | 2023 Grant Masters Award - SSAFA | ||
|
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation
Undisclosed |
£13,300
11 months |
East of England Regional Hub
May 2023 to Apr 2024 |
||
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County Durham Community Foundation
Community Grants Funding Programme |
£5,000
11 months |
Bishop Auckland Veterans Group
Jan 2023 to Dec 2023 |
||
|
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Matched Funding |
£1,000 | MCF Matched Funding | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Charities (Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust) |
£33,333 | Covenant Fund | ||
| Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland | £500 | Grant to SSAFA | ||
|
Corra Foundation
Household Hardship Fund |
£5,250
11.967213114754099 months |
Household Hardship Fund
Jan 2023 to Jan 2024 |
||
| Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland | £2,000 | Grant to SSAFA | ||
|
Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Families Fund (AF3) |
£59,824 | ARMED FORCES FAMILY FUND (AF3) |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- Cabinet Office (18 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland (11 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- City Bridge Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Co-operative Group (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Corra Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- County Durham Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Foundation Scotland (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Grocers' Charity (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Masonic Charitable Foundation (5 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Quartet Community Foundation (10 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Somerset Community Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Seafarers' Charity (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (29 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Woodward Charitable Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
National Lottery grants data comes from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport who publish the National Lottery grants database.
This data is used under the Open Government Licence. Grants that are also published under 360Giving have been removed to ensure there is not duplication.
- The National Lottery (1 grant) | Licence
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