ARMED FORCES EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1167682 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORCES CHILDREN EDUCATION TRUST

To provide grants to support children and young people whose education has been effected by their parents service in the UK Armed Forces.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS WHO ARE OR WERE DEPENDENTS OF SERVING OR FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY:(A) AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION; (B) PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION (INCLUDING THE STUDY OF MUSIC, OTHER ARTS OR SPORTS), TO UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT EDUCATION OR TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT;(C) PROVIDING TO EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS SECONDARY FUNDING TO ENABLE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES (NOT OTHERWISE AVAILABLE) TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE EDUCATION OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £14,645,483, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of three years' grant expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 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
• 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)

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.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 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.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/04/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Simon Lesie Porter CBEchair
• Andrew David Malcolm
• Barry Thomas Burton
• Candice Chisholm
• Dr Lucy Grace Buckingham Robinson
• Iain Lawrence Buckle
• Joanna Elizabeth Besgrove Walker
• Martin Michael Arthur Davis
• Richard James Clements

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FORCES CHILDREN'S TRUST.

• FORCES CHILDREN'S TRUST income £83k
• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k
• EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST income £2.0m
• THETFORD EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TRUST income £79k
• OAKHILL EDUCATION TRUST income £1.8m
• FORCES IN MIND TRUST income £241k

Side by side with its peers

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