FORCES ONLINE CIO

Registered charity 1188955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC050678 (OSCR)

We are an online service run by volunteers, who provide help and advice, support and signposting to other organisations that provide specific services to support Armed Forces Veteran's and their families who have run into difficulties with their Mental Health, Physical Wellbeing, Accommodation, Financial Status, Social Needs, Employment Support, and other needs. https://www.forcesonline.org.uk

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FORMER ARMED SERVICE PERSONNEL, AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS; FORMER EMERGENCY SERVICE PERSONNEL AND THEIR FAMILIES AND DEPENDENTS; WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF AGE, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING THEM WITH HELP AND ASSISTANCE AND BY OFFERING THEM A SIGNPOSTING SERVICE TO EXPERT SUPPORT PROVIDERS FOR THEIR BENEFIT.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds of -£486 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds carried forward of £5,845. The examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or compliance with the Charities Act 2011.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Forces Online (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• George Dryburghchair
• Eric Glyn Jones
• Keith Thomas Reid Shields
• Kevin Mann
• Stephen Johnstone

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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