Finance Score: -3

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 1

Volatile income: -3
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 1

BRITISH FORCES FOUNDATION

The British Forces Foundation provides top quality, morale boosting welfare for the men and women of Britain's Armed Forces, on Operations all over the world, principally through live entertainment -conveying the gratitude of the British Public for the sacrifices they make.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff
31/03/23	£402	£466	£-64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22	£524	£382	£143	£144	£2,053	£1,758	55.3	2
31/03/21	£240	£254	£-14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20	£698	£585	£113	£135	£1,612	£1,274	26.1	2
31/03/19	£342	£291	£50	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18	£685	£550	£135	£166	£1,479	£1,295	28.3	2
31/03/17	£340	£452	£-112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/16	£340	£459	£-118	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/15	£691	£548	£143	£270	£941	£941	20.6	3
31/03/14	£724	£647	£76	£243	£613	£613	11.4	4
31/03/13	£710	£704	£6	£208	£509	£495	8.4	4
31/03/12	£512	£593	£-80	£286	£447	£433	8.8	4
31/03/11	£513	£575	£-63	£255	£525	£513	10.7	3
31/03/10	£621	£514	£108	£287	£565	£550	12.9	3
31/03/09	£487	£431	£56	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/08	£458	£455	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/07	£477	£390	£87	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/06	£311	£287	£25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/05	£248	£260	£-12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0
31/03/04	£238	£256	£-18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0

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Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 32%
Highest pay band: £120,000-£130,000

Established: 25 years

www.bff.org.uk

markcann@bff.org.uk

01672564911

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Grant-making foundations

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Afghanistan, Belize, Brunei, Cyprus, Germany, Iraq, Kenya, Northern Ireland, Norway, Sierra Leone, United Arab Emirates,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£329,932	01/04/2019	Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£329,932	01/04/2018	Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£329,932	01/04/2017	Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 9/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-83

LIEUTENANT GENERAL PETER PEARSON CBE

ANDREW KERRY PIKE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Consultant

KATHARINE POOLEY Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Interior Designer

SIR GERALD HOWARTH

THE LORD GEORGE ROBERTSON, Occupation: Company Director

ALLAN THOMSON Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Company Director

GENERAL PHILIP DAVID JONES CB CBE DL Appointed: 2022, Other trusteeships: THE MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND SUPERNUMARY KNIGHTS BENEVOLENT FUND, MILITARY KNIGHTS OF WINDSOR CHARITY,

JAMES WILLIAM CHARLES MOIR Appointed: 2014, Occupation: None

KATHERINE MARIA JENKINS Appointed: 2006, Occupation: Singer

MATTHEW WILES CB, CBE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Managing Director

MICK STANION Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Royal Navy

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/04/1999, number: 1075109
Registered at Companies House on 30/03/1999, number: 03745373

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

10A THE HIGH STREET
PEWSEY
WILTSHIRE
SN9 5AQ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES BY CHARITABLE MEANS, BY PROMOTING THE WELL-BEING AND ESPRIT DE CORPS OF ALL SERVING PERSONNEL, PRIMARILY THROUGH ENTERTAINMENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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