THE ASSIST FUND

Registered charity 1164650 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Assist Fund supports those members of the Service, past and present and their dependants, who find themselves in need. Predominantly a grant making charity our vision is that no one in the Assist Fund Family should face adversity alone. We have recently expanded our objects to support the serving members of the Service more effectively . We operate predominantly in England and Wales

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICE BY PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO ITS PERSONNEL, PAST AND PRESENT, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONGST BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £19,413,710, which the Trustees consider sufficient against their stated policy target of £2m. The charity reported a net expenditure of £31,386 for the year, driven by a £158,689 loss on investment revaluations, though it remains solvent with adequate liquid assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~233.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (72% 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 (5.2%) (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 ASSIST TRUST.

• ASSIST TRUST income £1.4m
• ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION income £1.7m
• PRISON SERVICE CHARITY FUND income £170k
• NATIONAL ASSISTANCE FUND income £43.4m
• ASIST income £1.4m
• PRS MEMBERS' FUND income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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