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The Salvation Army Social Work Trust

The Salvation Army Social Work Trust is a registered charity (number 215174) based in London, governed by 1 trustee. Latest income £240m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The Salvation Army Social Services (Charity Commission)

  • 1 trustee
  • Income £240m (2025)

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Who leads it

No individual trustees are listed on the register.

Also 1 organisation acting as trustee: The Salvation Army Trustee Company.

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment and 1 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.salvationarmy.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£240m£235m
  • 2024£240m£232m
  • 2023£253m£219m
Earlier years
  • 2022£201m£187m
  • 2021£173m£162m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 45% · Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

(1) RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS SUFFERING DISTRESS INCAPACITY OR OLD AGE. (2) ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. (3) TRAINING IN CHRISTIAN AND MORAL PRINCIPLES. (4) ASSISTANCE OF THOSE IN NEED OF PROTECTION.

Grants received

9 grants · £516,750 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.

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Most recent

Board analysis

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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£239.7m latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

2016 from 2626 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.
47%
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
215174
Status
Registered
Governing document
DEED DATED 30TH JANUARY 1891, SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 26TH MARCH 1969 AND SALVATION ARMY ACT 1980
Contact on the register
02073674501 · info@salvationarmy.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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