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FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITY

Registered charity 1093387 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q104563371 · also known as FIRE SERVICES NATIONAL BENEVOLENT FUND · also registered in Scotland as SC040096 (OSCR)

The charity provides healthcare and wellbeing support to individuals in the UK fire services community and their families, during and after service.

Objects

The Objects of the Charity are (1) such charitable purposes as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine (including, without limitation, the relief of poverty; the advancement of health or the saving of lives) for those persons having a direct or indirect association with the fire services community (‘the beneficiary class’) as defined in the Charity’s rules and (2) the relief of Burns survivors by the provision only of rehabilitation, and advisory services as the Trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Arun, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£10.8m
Latest spending
£12.8m
Registered
2002
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £13.9 million, which the trustees identified as being equivalent to approximately 12 months of planned expenditure for 2025/26. This level of reserves is described as being closer to the higher threshold of the charity's stated reserves policy range of 6 to 12 months. The net movement in funds for the year was a surplus of £18.8 million, driven largely by a £19.9 million gain on the revaluation of fixed assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 6 and 12 months of normal operating expenditure (held: £13.9m)
“To enable the charity to maintain services to service users the Board has identified that an amount equivalent to between 6 and 12 months of normal operating expenditure will be held as free reserves” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haysmac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 1,437
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 9 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 3; £110,001–£120,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 1,426
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 10 (£60,001–£70,000: 3; £70,001–£80,000: 3; £80,001–£90,000: 3; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1,280
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 2; £100,001–£110,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Fire Fighters Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: Fire Fighters Charity — Registered, 1 registered location, 2 regulated activities, last inspected 25/06/2019.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Advertised salaries (public job ads)

Roles this charity has advertised on CharityJob, matched on the exact employer name. A different source from the statutory pay bands above: these are asking salaries for vacancies, not what anyone was paid.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£10.8m
Total spending
£12.8m
Cost of raising funds
£3.8m

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 35.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Care Quality Commission ratings

CQC inspection ratings for services run by a provider matching this charity’s name (matched by name; verify provider identity on CQC’s site).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Isle Of Man · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£10.8m£12.8m
31/03/2025£11.2m£12.3m
31/03/2024£10.1m£11.7m
31/03/2023£9.6m£11.9m
31/03/2022£9.6m£9.8m

Common questions

Is FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £13.9 million, which the trustees identified as being equivalent to approximately 12 months of planned expenditure for 2025/26. This level of reserves is described as being closer to the higher threshold of the charity's stated reserves policy range of 6 to 12 months. The net movement in funds for the year was a surplus of £18.8 million, driven largely by a £19.9 million gain on the revaluation of fixed assets. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Haysmac LLP.

Who funds FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITY as a grant recipient include BLUE LIGHT CARD FOUNDATION, The Barratt Redrow Foundation, PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND, THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED, THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BLUE LIGHT CARD FOUNDATIONFY2024Unverified read£243k
BLUE LIGHT CARD FOUNDATIONFY2023£184k
The Barratt Redrow FoundationFY2022£20kMonthly grants programme
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2022£10k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£10k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2021£5kWelfare
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kSocial Needs
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH HOLY TRINITY ULVERSTONFY2023£5kWedding and Funeral Collections
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY WITH HOLY TRINITY ULVERSTONFY2024£4kWedding and Funeral Collections
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2021£4k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£3k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2024£3k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIOFY2022£3k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE HULL AND EAST RIDING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021Unverified read£2k
THE JEANNINE VASSILIOU CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
THE CHURCHILL FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1kCharitable Donation
THE CHURCHILL FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2022£1kWelfare
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE OAKDALE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE HILARY AWDRY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2024£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£1k
ANSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£1kCharitable Donation
THE CHURCHILL FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
THE LORD FARINGDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£500
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£200
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS WITH ST JOHN, HERTFORDFY2022amount not statedGrants and donations

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/10/2024£19kChildren and Family Weeks
UK government01/04/2019£763kThe Fire Fighters Charity 1819
UK government01/10/2018£654kThe Fire Fighters Charity 1819
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£250Law & Administration Service
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£250Law & Administration Service
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£250Rents Premises Related Expenses Rent And Rates Premises And Related Expenses Municipal Elections Law & Administration Service
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£250Rents Premises Related Expenses Rent And Rates Premises And Related Expenses Municipal Elections Law & Administration Service
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£250Law & Administration Service
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£250Law & Administration Service
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£25080
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council—£25080

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
Army Benevolent Fund2£40k
THE ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES CHARITY1£133k
THE MAHORO CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
LLOYD'S PATRIOTIC FUND1£90k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION1£82k
THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION1£60k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST1£42k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATION1£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRESH FIRE MINISTRIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FIRE FIGHTERS CHARITY£10.8m——within—no doubt
FRESH FIRE MINISTRIES FY2025£81k—0unclear—no doubt
CARE AFTER COMBAT FY2025£973k—0unclear—no doubt
CARE FOR VETERANS FY2024£5.9m——unclear—no doubt
CARERS FEDERATION LTD FY2025£1.6m——above—no doubt
PILLAR OF FIRE MINISTRIES FY2026£77k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.