The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Fire Fighters Charity

Registered charity 1093387 Registered since 2002

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle Of Man

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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.

3.7y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (2)

15
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 15General Charitable Purposes 15The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 14Other Charitable Purposes 1

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

Other services 18Arts and leisure 4Public administration 4

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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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£11.2m 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.

34.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 1.8 in 2021

211 from 190 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.firefighterscharity.org.uk
Emailadministration@firefighterscharity.org.uk
Phone01256 366566
AddressFire Fighters Charity, Marine Court, Fitzalan Road, LITTLEHAMPTON, West Sussex, BN17 5NF

Finances

£11,219,619 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£8,272,358£8,743,323
2022£9,561,165£9,838,926
2023£9,645,327£11,935,714
2024£10,110,225£11,732,501
2025£11,219,619£12,318,707

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With Disabilities

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The Objects of the Charity are (1) such charitable purposes as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine (including, without limitation, the relief of poverty; the advancement of health or the saving of lives) for those persons having a direct or indirect association with the fire services community (‘the beneficiary class’) as defined in the Charity’s rules and (2) the relief of Burns survivors by the provision only of rehabilitation, and advisory services as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08/07/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/10/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26/10/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/11/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/11/2009NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 29/11/2012AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25/04/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27/05/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/03/2015 AS AMENDED ON 08 NOV 2018 AS AMENDED ON 21 NOV 2024 AS AMENDED ON 10 NOV 2025AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 25 NOV 2025

Trustees (15)

15trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Fire Fighters Charity · 04480058 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 08/07/2002

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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