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Finance Score: 4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 10
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 20 ?

FORCES EMPLOYMENT CHARITY 

The Charity assists those who are serving or who have served in the British Armed Forces ("the Services") to find suitable civilian employment at all times up to normal retirement age and to provide timely and realistic advice and to signpost contact details to other organisations where charitable to do so.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
  • Over half the Board have joined recently


miles
Established: 27 years

www.rfea.org.uk

sandra.williamson@rfea.org.uk

0121 262 3058

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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
30/09/22£13,367£6,819£6,548£180£10,233£3,8746.81551
30/09/21£5,444£5,102£342£177£4,276£3,9359.31270
30/09/20£5,081£4,786£295£75£3,518£3,3038.31220
30/09/19£4,519£4,585£-66£0£3,055£3,04481180
30/09/18*£4,159£4,368£-209£0£2,902£2,8777.91160
30/09/17£3,956£3,933£23£0£2,865£2,8548.71080
30/09/16£3,639£3,493£146£0£2,643£2,6319960
30/09/15£3,621£3,435£186£81£2,328£2,3168.1880
30/09/14£3,174£3,097£77£85£2,176£2,1658.4810
30/09/13£2,533£2,404£129£83£2,063£2,05210.2680
30/09/12£2,258£1,987£271£83£1,964£1,86211.2540
30/09/11*£1,491£1,429£62£93£1,583£1,58213.3370
30/09/10£1,423£1,284£139£66£1,590£1,58814.8370
30/09/09£1,459£1,334£125£73£1,374£1,37412.4340
30/09/08?£2,004£1,879£125£55£1,204£1,2047.7330
31/03/07£1,240£1,166£74£34£1,164£1,16412330
31/03/06£1,371£1,211£160£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1,466£1,449£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1,363£1,293£70£0£0£0n/a00
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 14%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 38%
Reserves/Spending: 6.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
Who works here?
  • 155 employees
  • 1 volunteer

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Ministry of Defence£350,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£50,000
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust£50,000
Dulverton Trust£32,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Ministry of Defence - ARMED FORCES FAMILY FUND (AF3)
£50,000 22/02/2023
To enable grants to be made in mitigating the adverse impact of mobility and deployment on Service childrens education. Providing one-off grants to schools and other educational bodies and mitigating ....more
Ministry of Defence - ARMED FORCES FAMILY FUND (AF3)
£50,000 22/02/2023
To enable grants to be made in mitigating the adverse impact of mobility and deployment on Service childrens education. Providing one-off grants to schools and other educational bodies and mitigating ....more
Ministry of Defence - Veterans' Health & Wellbeing £10M
£25,000 12/08/2022
To support Veterans needs through activities and opportunities, and to support and mentor the organisations delivering these services.
Ministry of Defence - Veterans' Health & Wellbeing £10M
£25,000 12/08/2022
To support Veterans needs through activities and opportunities, and to support and mentor the organisations delivering these services.
Ministry of Defence - OVA Afghanistan Veterans' Fund
£150,000 11/03/2022
To increase capacity in services and initiatives that offer supportive comradeship, engagement and wellbeing efforts for those in the Armed Forces community impacted by events in Afghanistan, and the ....more
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to RFEA - The Forces Employment Charity
£25,000 28/02/2022
Continuation funding for Project Nova Co-ordinator providing early intervention support to veterans involved with the criminal justice system in Greater Manchester
Dulverton Trust - Nova Coordinator - Derbyshire
£32,000 28/10/2021
Nova Coordinator - Derbyshire
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£50,000 03/09/2021
For existing charitable projects to help charities to sustain activities and services that people from Armed Forces communities use and value.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to RFEA - The Forces Employment Charity
£25,000 24/09/2020
Project Nova Co-ordinator providing early intervention support to veterans involved with the criminal justice system in Greater Manchester
Suffolk Community Foundation - Project Nova - Suffolk
£20,000 29/06/2020
11
Towards Project Nova in Suffolk.
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£50,000 25/06/2020
Funding enabled the group to provide employment support to vulnerable veterans, Service leavers and their families at this critical time.
National Lottery Community Fund - Regional Employment Advisor West of Scotland
£10,000 22/06/2020
11
This group will use the funding to provide employment support to military veterans in the West of Scotland.
Ministry of Defence - Covenent Fund
£20,000 01/04/2019
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
Ministry of Defence - Covenent Fund
£20,000 01/04/2019
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
Ministry of Defence - Covenent Fund
£20,000 01/04/2019
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£20,000 01/04/2018
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£20,000 01/04/2018
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
Ministry of Defence - ALB - Armed forces Covenant Fund Trust- Covenent Fund
£20,000 01/04/2018
Armed Forces Covenant Local Grants for local projects that support community integration or local delivery of services.
Greater London Authority - Forces for London
£352,000 11/12/2017
The project aims to support veterans and ESL’s who face such barriers to secure meaningful and sustained employment, training or education
Ministry of Defence - Local Grants 2017/18
£20,000 01/04/2017
Community Integration and Local Service Delivery
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 45-77
  • IAN RAND Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Ceo Business Banking
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/03/1997, number: 1061212
  • Registered at Companies House on 29/10/1996, number: 03270369
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR18: 80 days late, AR11: 10 days late,
Main office

Forces Employment Charity
MOUNTBARROW HOUSE
6-20 ELIZABETH STREET
LONDON
SW1W 9RB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:-TO ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES AND AUXILIARY SERVICES (“THE SERVICES”) TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE BY HELPING THEM TO FIND AND PREPARE FOR EMPLOYMENT, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING WITH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE, GUIDANCE, AND ACCESS TO SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES;TO ASSIST THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE SERVICES AND WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED BY HELPING THEM TO FIND, SECURE AND RETAIN EMPLOYMENT, IN PARTICULAR BY HELPING THEM TO OVERCOME SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OBSTACLES, OR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, TRAINING, SKILLS AND ACCESS TO SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND, SUBJECT THERETO;TO ASSIST THOSE SPOUSES, PARTNERS, AND DEPENDANTS OF THOSE WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE SERVICES WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO FIND, SECURE AND RETAIN EMPLOYMENT, IN PARTICULAR BY HELPING THEM TO OVERCOME SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC OBSTACLES, OR BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, TRAINING, SKILLS AND ACCESS TO SUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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