Overall GiG Score: 3 ?
Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 7
  • Liabilities <10%: +3
  • Excess liquidity: -1
  • Large legacies income: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +7

THE NOT FORGOTTEN ASSOCIATION (NFA) 

The charity acts for the benefit of service and ex-service personnel with disabilities, or who are wounded, by organising, or providing items for, leisure e.g. TVs and licences, and recreational activities, travel, holidays and outings
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • This charity has a robust balance sheet
  • This charity has received considerable income from legacies in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appeared to be in excess of CC guidelines at the latest year end especially considering the historic stability of income
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 11 years

www.nfassociation.org

finance@thenotforgotten.org

020 7730 2400

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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
31/03/23£1,079£1,367£-288£225£2,287£2,09118.4010
31/03/22£987£1,176£-189£232£2,654£2,34423.91010
31/03/21£995£1,081£-86£227£2,672£2,22624.71015
31/03/20£1,768£1,347£421£217£2,388£1,92517.21011
31/03/19£1,189£1,281£-92£210£2,148£1421.31010
31/03/18£1,265£1,274£-9£212£2,243£2,23621.1100
31/03/17£1,006£1,387£-381£196£2,310£2,30319.980
31/03/16£1,094£1,369£-274£173£2,418£2,36220.770
31/03/15£1,082£1,341£-258£208£2,889£2,7972570
31/03/14£1,245£1,123£122£175£3,052£3,04232.550

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 22%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 16.5%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 2%
Liabilities/Income: 5%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 18.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 5.7
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Disability
  • Recreation
Who works here?
  • 10 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Northern Ireland, Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

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£321,000
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust£60,000
Seafarers UK£36,000
Dulverton Trust£12,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Seafarers UK - Grant to Not Forgotten Association
£8,000 06/07/2023
Grant funding to provide entertainment, activities and sporting challenges for seafaring veterans in order to promote a sense of community, improve physical and mental health, and address isolation ....more
Seafarers UK - Grant to Not Forgotten Association
£7,000 07/07/2022
Grant funding towards the core costs of running events in 2022 for Merchant Navy and Royal Navy & Royal Marines.
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£250 23/11/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Seafarers UK - Grant to Not Forgotten Association
£7,000 11/03/2021
Grant funding to provide support to 300 former Merchant Navy personnel through recreational and entertainment events and activities to help prevent loneliness and isolation.
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£35,000 12/02/2021
The Positive Pathways programme funded projects that develop and run activities supporting the mental health and wellbeing of ex-Forces.
Ministry of Defence - Covenant Fund
£10,000 14/08/2020
Small grants of up to £10,000 towards creative and engaging projects, that can be delivered under social restrictions, for people from Armed Forces communities who are isolated as a result of the ....more
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - COVID IMPACT FUND
£60,000 25/06/2020
Funding allowed the group to continue to provide comfort and cheer to those elderly veterans who are isolated, lonely and most vulnerable during this pandemic.
Ministry of Defence - Covid-19 Impact Fund
£60,000 15/06/2020
To maintain services and activities where organisations' finances had been impacted by Covid
Ministry of Defence - £10M Veterans' Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund
£20,000 15/05/2020
to provide immediate support for vulnerable veterans with reduced social contact
Seafarers UK - Grant to Not Forgotten Association
£7,000 02/04/2020
Grant funding to provide quality entertainment and recreational events and activities to Merchant Seamen around the UK in order to combat isolation and loneliness.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Not Forgotten Association
£7,000 02/04/2020
Grant funding to provide quality entertainment and recreational events and activities to Merchant Seamen around the UK in order to combat isolation and loneliness.
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£98,000 01/04/2020
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
Dulverton Trust - Entertainment Events for elderly Veterans
£12,000 12/02/2020
Entertainment Events for elderly Veterans
National Lottery Community Fund - Christmas Break for Injured Veterans
£10,000 25/07/2019
12
The funding will be used to deliver a Christmas respite break for military veterans who have long term illnesses, disabilities or who are experiencing the effects of mental ill health. The project ....more
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£98,000 01/04/2019
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
Seafarers UK - Grant to Not Forgotten Association
£5,000 12/12/2018
Grant funding towards a programme of activities and events enriching the lives of injured and wounded serving and former Merchant Navy personnel.
Seafarers UK - Grant to Not Forgotten Association
£5,000 12/12/2018
Grant funding towards a programme of activities and events enriching the lives of injured and wounded serving and former Merchant Navy personnel.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£30,000 03/09/2018
Enriching the lives of injured Service personnel
Ministry of Defence - Financial Assistance/Support
£98,000 01/04/2018
Banking fines - Treasury to direct to various Armed Forces causes
National Lottery Community Fund - Concerts in Scottish Care Homes 2018
£8,200 30/01/2018
12
This organisation will deliver ten concerts for veterans living in care homes across Scotland.
National Lottery Community Fund - Christmas Break For Injured Veterans
£10,000 11/10/2017
12
This project will provide a Christmas break for injured veterans and their partners, bringing together 100 people from across the UK to build friendships and find support, which will help reduce ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (12)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/12 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-77
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/01/2013, number: 1150541
  • Registered at Companies House on 21/11/2012, number: 08302965
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from THE QUEEN'S LANCASHIRE REGIMENT VETERANS CHARITY. on 05/05/2023
Main office

1st Floor
14 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SWIW 0QP

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECT IS RESTRICTED TO ACT GENERALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF SERVICE AND EX-SERVICE PERSONNEL WITH DISABILITIES OR WHO ARE WOUNDED, INCLUDING THE ORGANISATION OF, OR PROVISION OF ITEMS OR FACILITIES FOR, LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TRAVEL, HOLIDAYS AND OUTINGS.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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