THE SALVATION ARMY

Registered charity 214779 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC009359 (OSCR)

Latest income
£338.3m
Latest spending
£331.9m
Registered
1963

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£338.3m
Total spending
£331.9m
Cost of raising funds
£146.2m
Reserves (reported)
£70.3m
Employees
1,610

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 2.7 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees

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

Operates in: Guernsey · Isle Of Man · Jersey · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£338.3m£331.9m
31/03/2024£327.3m£308.9m
31/03/2023£280.4m£269.8m
31/03/2022£282.0m£226.7m
31/03/2021£237.8m£199.2m

Common questions

Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SALVATION ARMY as a grant recipient include THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, Anglo American Foundation, THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATION, WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmount
THE BURRY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£1.0m
THE FREDDIE GREEN AND FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£1.0m
Anglo American FoundationFY2022£761k
THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATIONFY2023£500k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2023£409k
THE WILLIAM LEECH FOUNDATION LIMITED - THE FOUNDATION TRUSTFY2025£347k
WALES COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY ACTIONFY2024£246k
WATERAIDFY2022£209k
THE WILLIAM LEECH FOUNDATION LIMITED - THE CHARITY TRUSTFY2025£160k
DEVELOPMENTS IN LITERACY UK (UK)FY2023£150k
KESWICK FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£136k
NORFOLK COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2021£93k
THE MACKAY AND BREWER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£83k
THE CHARIS TRUSTFY2023£75k
THE ANTHONY & PAT CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£72k
WHEELER MILL FOUNDATIONFY2025£59k
THE HARPUR TRUSTFY2023£58k
BNA CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATIONFY2023£50k
THE GOSHEN TRUSTFY2025£36k
MISSION INDIAFY2023£35k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2025£25k
THE MICHAEL UREN FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE STEVENSON FAMILY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25k
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2023£25k
THE RETA LILA HOWARD FOUNDATIONFY2024£25k
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2025£25k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS', ASCOT HEATHFY2024£25k
THE HARRY & MARY FOUNDATIONFY2024£24k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£20k
KATHLEEN BERYL SLEIGH CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE HARAMEAD TRUSTFY2024£20k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE MACKAY AND BREWER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£19k
PEACOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£16k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUSTFY2023£15k
R M SALES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k
ISLE OF WIGHT CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIPFY2023£14k
RE:VISION NORTH LIMITEDFY2023£12k
THE PARTNERSHIP FOUNDATIONFY2023£11k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE GRANT FOUNDATIONFY2022£10k
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIOFY2023£10k
THE JOSEPH AND LILIAN SULLY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council31/01/2023£1kVoluntary Sector Grant to Salvation Army Sale
London Borough of Hounslow05/06/2020£4kGrant to The Salvation Army