ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND

Active
Company number 07974609Private company limited by guaranteeIncorporated 2012

Key figures

£118,028,000-0.4%
Net assets 2025/26
-0.4%
Average annual change 2024/25–2025/26
050 m100 m150 m2024/252025/26

† ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Like most small UK companies, ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.

Ratios

2025/26

Sector comparison

SIC 88990

Where the company stands among the 13,109 active companies whose first SIC code is 88990 (Other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c.).

Net assets£118,028,000
Higher than 99% · median £6,334
Total assets£119,389,000
Higher than 99% · median £22,197
Cash£38,059,000
Higher than 99% · median £22,092
Company age14.7 years
Older than 70% · median 7.7 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. AKO FOUNDATION£1.3bn
  2. THE ORMISTON TRUST£709.3m
  3. THE BORDER CONSORTIUM£279.5m
  4. AGA KHAN FOUNDATION (UNITED KINGDOM)£269m
  5. STEWARDS COMPANY LIMITED£169.1m
  6. CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION£153.5m
  7. THE WORWIN UK FOUNDATION£140.1m
  8. BARNARDO'S£118.3m
  9. ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND£118m
  10. ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE£117.3m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 13,109. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND

What kind of company is it?

ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND is a private company limited by guarantee registered with Companies House under company number 07974609. It was incorporated on 2 Mar 2012. Its status is active. The registered office is in London (SW1W). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other social work activities without accommodation n.e.c. (88990).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025/26 (period ending 31 Mar 2026); the company files group accounts. Net assets were £118,028,000, down 0.4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £38,059,000. Total assets were £119,389,000 and total liabilities £1,361,000. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024/25–2025/26).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 13,109 active companies whose first SIC code is 88990: By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £6,334). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £22,197). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £22,092). It is older than 70% of them (median age 7.7 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £158.5k, from Ministry of Defence.

What do public registers and reports show?

It is a registered charity (number 1146420) with a latest reported income of £13.7m.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 13 Mar 2027.

Filed accounts2024/25–2025/26
2024/25 †2025/26 †
Cash at bank and in hand22,807,00038,059,000
Total assets119,816,000119,389,000
Total liabilities1,325,0001,361,000
Net assets / total equity118,491,000118,028,000

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

1 grant

ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £158.5k.

Grant
  1. Covid-19 Impact FundMinistry of Defence · £158,500 · COVID19 Impact Fund

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Registers and licences

Registered charityNo. 1146420
Registered with the Charity Commission
15 Mar 2012
Income, year to 31 Mar 2026
£13.7m
Spending
£16.9m

The Charity's Objectives are to benefit persons who are serving or who have served in the British Army, or their dependants, in any charitable way by the provision of grants, loans, gifts, pensions or otherwise.

View on the register of charities

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

History

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025/26 endedAccounts: net assets £118m
  2. Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £118.5m
  3. Name changed to ARMY BENEVOLENT FUNDPreviously ABF THE SOLDIERS' CHARITY
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate company limited by guarantee

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.