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Registered charity · London

Forces Employment Charity

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £9.1m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Economic/community Development/employment, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.forcesemployment.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Forces Employment Charity
Registered
1997

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9.1m£9.9m
  • 2024£8.7m£9.4m
  • 2023£7.6m£9.5m
Earlier years
  • 2022£13m£6.8m
  • 2021£5.4m£5.1m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 29% · Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

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

Grants received

20 grants · £1,325,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

Most recent

  • Veterans Foundation £50,0002025-12-04
  • Ministry of Defence £300,0002025-03-21
  • Ministry of Defence £175,0002025-03-21
  • Ministry of Defence £100,0002024-11-21
  • Veterans Foundation £75,0002024-06-20
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

10 trustees on the board

3.4y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (10)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency 10Economic/community Development/employment 10

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 7Property 4Arts and leisure 1

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

3.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 6.9 in 2021

191 from 127 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
29%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1061212
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ADOPTED 17 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED 26 OCTOBER 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 APR 2018 as amended on 03 May 2022 as amended on 12 Sept 2024 as amended on 12 Sept 2024
Companies House
Company number 03270369 · Active
Contact on the register
07966 469378 · sandra.williamson@forcesemployment.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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