SPECIAL FORCES CLUB BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 1013628 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPECIAL FORCES BENEVOLENT FUND, THE SPECIAL FORCES BENEVOLENT FUND

The objective of the charity is to apply income and property to the support of those who served with the special forces or who organised resistance in enemy-occupied territories during the 1939-45 war, inclusive of relatives and dependants, together with special forces members who have served more recently.

Objects

HELPING IN ANY WAY, AND ESPECIALLY BY GRANT OF MONEY OR IN KIND, SUCH PERSONS OF BRITISH OR OTHER NATIONALITY WHO SERVED WITH OR RENDERED ASSISTANCE EITHER TO THE SPECIAL FORCES OF THE CROWN OR TO ORGANISED RESISTANCE IN ENEMY-OCCUPIED TERRITORIES DURING THE YEARS 1939 TO 1945 INCLUSIVE OR ANY RELATIVES OR DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PERSONS IN SUCH MANNER AND ON SUCH TERMS AND SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS (IF ANY) AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wandsworth, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £683,784, driven by a significant rise in donations and fundraising income to £644,406. The charity reports adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION.

• SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION income £970k
• FORCES SUPPORT LIMITED income £2.3m
• Army Benevolent Fund income £13.7m
• CARE AFTER COMBAT income £973k
• TEAM ENDEAVOUR income £29k
• THE GERRY HOLDSWORTH SPECIAL FORCES CHARITY income £232k

Side by side with its peers

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