The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

United Kingdom Reserve Forces Association

Registered charity 1181194 CIO Registered since 2018

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

6.2y median 7y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure
10.4y
average years in governance
0
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/training 1Religious Activities 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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
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incomespending£515k 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.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 2.3 in 2021

0
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.

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Also active in the same field

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Contact

Emailco-rfa@rfca.mod.uk
Phone02074268358
AddressHOLDERNESS HOUSE, 51-61 CLIFTON STREET, LONDON, EC2A 4EY

Finances

£515,409 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£190,001£79,747
2022£169,144£95,513
2023£373,124£451,539
2024£543,025£544,069
2025£515,409£581,669

What it does

What

Education/trainingArmed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER THE EFFICIENCY OF THE RESERVE FORCES OF THE CROWN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:1.ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THEIR PERSONNEL BOTH SERVING AND RETIRED;2.PROMOTING INTEREST AND MORALE IN THE RESERVE FORCES OF THE CROWN AND RECRUITMENT TO THEM;3.PROMOTING THE RESERVE FORCES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM WITHIN THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION (NATO), THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, BY UNDERTAKING THE INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS AND GOOD PRACTICE WITH THE RESERVE FORCES OF ALLIED NATIONS THROUGH INVOLVEMENT IN SUCH MILITARY COMPETITIONS AND TRAINING EXERCISES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES DECIDE.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 17 Dec 2018

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (3)

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