Registered charity · London
Army Benevolent Fund
- 12 trustees
- Income £14m (2026)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rachel Sarah BoothChair · since 2020
- Amanda MetcalfeTrustee · since 2017
- Anna Katherine Lucy SedgleyTrustee · since 2024
- Anthony Craufurd ScottTrustee · since 2019
- Brig Clare Patricia PhillipsTrustee · since 2026
- Caitlin Murea HaydenTrustee · since 2024
- David Charles George LondonTrustee · since 2020
- John Stephen MillerTrustee · since 2025
- Julie WhiteTrustee · since 2023
- Maj Gen Jonathan Edward Alexander ChestnuttTrustee · since 2026
- Mark George CulmerTrustee · since 2024
- Rowena Ruth FellTrustee · since 2020
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.soldierscharity.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Army Benevolent Fund
- Registered
- 2012
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£14m£17m
- 2025£39m£16m
- 2024£15m£16m
Earlier years
- 2023£11m£15m
- 2022£11m£13m
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS TO BENEFIT PERSONS WHO ARE SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE BRITISH ARMY, OR THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN ANY CHARITABLE WAY BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, LOANS, GIFTS, PENSIONS OR OTHERWISE.
Grants received
22 grants · £442,030 total360Giving 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
- The Wimbledon Foundation · £200,000 (4 grants)
- Ministry of Defence · £168,500 (2 grants)
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £30,000
- The Grocers' Charity · £18,580 (7 grants)
- SHAREGIFT · £10,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Rachel Sarah Booth Chair since 2020
- Amanda Metcalfe since 2017
- Anna Katherine Lucy Sedgley since 2024
- Anthony Craufurd Scott since 2019
- Brig Clare Patricia Phillips since 2026
- Caitlin Murea Hayden since 2024
- David Charles George London since 2020
- John Stephen Miller since 2025
- Julie White since 2023
- Maj Gen Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt since 2026
- Mark George Culmer since 2024
- Rowena Ruth Fell since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Rachel Sarah Booth Chair since 2020
- Amanda Metcalfe since 2017
- Anthony Craufurd Scott since 2019
- David Charles George London since 2020
- Rowena Ruth Fell since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Rachel Sarah Booth Chair since 2020
- Amanda Metcalfe since 2017
- Anthony Craufurd Scott since 2019
- Brig Clare Patricia Phillips since 2026
- Caitlin Murea Hayden since 2024
- David Charles George London since 2020
- John Stephen Miller since 2025
- Mark George Culmer since 2024
- Rowena Ruth Fell since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Anna Katherine Lucy Sedgley since 2024
- Julie White since 2023
- Maj Gen Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
78.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 31.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1146420
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/03/2012 as amended on 03 May 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 07974609 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02079018900 · info@soldierscharity.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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