FORWARD ASSIST LIMITED

Registered charity 1150408 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing ex service personnel from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.

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Latest income

£52k

Latest spending

£104k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £49,465 for the year, with total funds decreasing from £81,504 to £32,039. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £3,289 are below the stated policy target of three months of operating expenditure, though the trustees remain positive about future income. The charity relies on an independent examiner's report rather than a full audit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £3k; policy: three months of operating expenditure)

“The trustees recognise that this level is below their target level”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 08190905

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.

WALKER, Sally Jane — director, appointed 07/11/2025on trustee list
HONOR, Stuart Richard — director, appointed 28/07/2022on trustee list
HEGARTY, Brian James — director, appointed 07/11/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

Brian Hegarty
Ian James Cavanagh
Sally Walker
Stuart Honor

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£52k	£104k
31/08/2024	£43k	£92k
31/08/2023	£397k	£287k
31/08/2022	£126k	£253k
31/08/2021	£279k	£199k

Common questions

Is FORWARD ASSIST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £49,465 for the year, with total funds decreasing from £81,504 to £32,039. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £3,289 are below the stated policy target of three months of operating expenditure, though the trustees remain positive about future income. The charity relies on an independent examiner's report rather than a full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FORWARD ASSIST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FORWARD ASSIST LIMITED as a grant recipient include ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND	FY2024	£25k	LGBT Veterans’ Support Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/04/2026	£170k	Veterans Community Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/08/2023	£10k	Forward Assist 'Salute Cafe'
UK government	14/11/2022	£25k	Forward Assist (co-applicant Salute Her)
UK government	14/11/2022	£75k	Forward Assist (co-applicant Salute Her)
The National Lottery Community Fund	24/05/2018	£6k	Line of Sight Veterans Art Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/01/2012	£10k	About Turn Veterans Angling Academy
UK government	—	£38k	Forward Assist