The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Armed Forces Education Trust

Registered charity 1167682 CIO Registered since 2016

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

3.6y median 3y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

1
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 9

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 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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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£555k 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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

1 from 1 in 2024
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.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.armedforceseducation.org
Emailadmin@armedforceseducation.org
Phone07464732000
AddressPO Box 684, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 1LP

Finances

£554,734 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£410,057£291,164
2022£425,540£486,377
2023£478,804£141,430
2024£523,844£965,252
2025£554,734£676,664

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE OR WERE DEPENDENTS OF SERVING OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:(A) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION; (B) PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC, OTHER ARTS OR SPORTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT;(C) PROVIDING TO EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS SECONDARY FUNDING TO ENABLE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES (NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE) TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 16 JUN 2016AMENDED ON 21 JUN 2017

Trustees (9)

9trustees
67median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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