# Army Benevolent Fund

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1146420
- **Other names:** ABF THE SOLDIERS' CHARITY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 15, 2012
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1146420


## Contact

- **Address:** MOUNTBARROW HOUSE, 6-20 ELIZABETH STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1W 9RB
- **Phone:** 02079018900
- **Email:** info@soldierscharity.org
- **Website:** www.soldierscharity.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS 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.

**Activities:** 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.

**Area of benefit:** UNITED KINGDOM




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £38740182 | £15993849 | £118490941 | 84 |
| March 31, 2024 | £15259562 | £15615647 | £97906033 | 83 |
| March 31, 2023 | £11402605 | £14675195 | £92860312 | 78 |
| March 31, 2022 | £11157055 | £13387894 | £100131157 | 79 |
| March 31, 2021 | £11847964 | £12308072 | £93889583 | 85 |



## Trustees

- **RACHEL SARAH BOOTH** (Chair) — appointed July 1, 2020
- Amanda Metcalfe — appointed Nov. 29, 2017
- Anna Katherine Lucy Sedgley — appointed Aug. 1, 2024
- Anthony Craufurd Scott — appointed July 3, 2019
- Brig Clare Patricia Phillips — appointed March 1, 2026
- Caitlin Murea Hayden — appointed Aug. 1, 2024
- DAVID CHARLES GEORGE LONDON — appointed July 1, 2020
- John Stephen Miller — appointed May 1, 2025
- Julie White — appointed Aug. 1, 2023
- Maj Gen Jonathan Edward Alexander Chestnutt — appointed Jan. 5, 2026
- Mark George Culmer — appointed Aug. 1, 2024
- ROWENA RUTH FELL — appointed July 1, 2020