Army Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 1146420 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABF THE SOLDIERS' CHARITY · also registered in Scotland as SC039189 (OSCR)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £13.7m from £38.7m in the prior year, primarily due to a large legacy received previously. Despite a net expenditure of £463k, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £104.1m, which is above its stated policy target of £86.6m, indicating strong financial resilience.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Army Benevolent Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Wimbledon Foundation

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

Reported reserves equal ~73.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (05/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (23/08/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (03/08/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/04/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (16/03/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• RACHEL SARAH BOOTHchair
• Amanda Metcalfe
• Anna Katherine Lucy Sedgley · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anthony Craufurd Scott
• Brig Clare Patricia Phillips
• Caitlin Murea Hayden
• DAVID CHARLES GEORGE LONDON
• John Stephen Miller
• Julie White · trustee of 2 other charities
• Maj Gen Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark George Culmer
• ROWENA RUTH FELL

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ARMY CENTRAL FUND.

• THE ARMY CENTRAL FUND income £2.9m
• THE ARMY DEPENDANTS' TRUST income £2.1m
• ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION income £1.4m
• ARMY ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES FUND income £188k
• THE ROYAL YORKSHIRE REGIMENT BENEVOLENT TRUST income £184k
• EDWARD BUSH CHARITABLE TRUST income £121k