Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 0

Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
All male board: -3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -2

THE BRITISH FIRE SERVICES ASSOCIATION

To encourage best practice and theoretical instruction and practical application of fire prevention, fire safety, extinction and first aid to the injured. Providing a central organisation for fire and rescue services and generally to do things as may from time to time be necessary to elevate the status of the wider service for the benefit of the community at large.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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	Volun- teers
31/12/22		£22	£21	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/21		£22	£21	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/20		£11	£18	£-7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2
31/12/19	*	£19	£19	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/18		£22	£25	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17		£22	£20	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16		£27	£32	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	*	£27	£33	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14		£38	£37	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13		£21	£32	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12		£41	£50	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11		£28	£36	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10		£31	£36	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/09		£40	£49	£-9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/08		£33	£37	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/07		£29	£36	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/06		£31	£41	£-10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05		£256	£37	£218	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04		£23	£34	£-11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 36 years
(112 years as a company)

www.bfsa.org.uk

generalsecretary@bfsa.org.uk

07745585082

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Professional associations

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

DAVID WILLIAM LOWN Appointed: 2005, Occupation: Industrial Fire Officer

FRANK TURNER (Chair), Occupation: Fire Officer Rtd

GEOFF MCSWEENEY Appointed: 2001, Occupation: Occupational Fire Officer

JOHN WATSON Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

MR STEVE SHIRLEY, Other trusteeship: MUSEUM OF RAF FIRE FIGHTING,

MATT STOKES Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Fire Officer

PAUL BASSON Appointed: 2019

RICHARD LOVELACE Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Retired

REV THOMAS WOODHOUSE Appointed: 2022

SEAMUS HIGGINS Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Ind Fire Protection Officer

STEVE OWEN-HUGHES MBE Appointed: 2022

TONY BARKER, Occupation: Occupational Fire Officer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 30/03/1988, number: 298065
Registered at Companies House on 15/04/1912, number: 00121413

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

19 returns made; AR19: 13 days late, AR15: 43 days late,

Main office

THE FINANCE CENTRE
34A SOUTHGATE
SLEAFORD
LINCOLNSHIRE
NG34 7RY

Objectives

TO ENCOURAGE THE THEORETICAL INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF FIRE PREVENTION, EXTINCTION AND FIRST AID TO THE INJURED BY PROVIDING A CENTRAL ORGANISATION FOR FIRE BRIGADES AND SALVAGE CORPORATIONS, AND GERNERALLY TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE NECESSARY TO ELEVATE THE STATUS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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