# THE BRITISH FIRE SERVICES ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 298065
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 30, 1988
- **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=298065


## Contact

- **Address:** THE FINANCE CENTRE, 34A SOUTHGATE, SLEAFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE
- **Postcode:** NG34 7RY
- **Phone:** 07745585082
- **Email:** generalsecretary@bfsa.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bfsa.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ENCOURAGE THE THEORETICAL INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF FIRE PREVENTION, EXTINCTION AND FIRST AID TO THE INJURED BY PROVIDING A CENTRAL ORGANISATION FOR FIRE BRIGADES AND SALVAGE CORPORATIONS, AND GERNERALLY TO DO ALL SUCH THINGS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE NECESSARY TO ELEVATE THE STATUS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

**Activities:** To encourage best practice and theoretical instruction and practical application of fire prevention, fire safety, extinction and first aid to the injured. Providing a central organisation for fire and rescue services and generally to do things as may from time to time be necessary to elevate the status of the wider service for the benefit of the community at large.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £17597 | £16075 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £21386 | £18532 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £22400 | £20892 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £22400 | £20892 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £10505 | £17656 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Paul Basson** (Chair) — appointed April 13, 2019
- Christopher Veitch — appointed March 18, 2024
- DAVID WILLIAM LOWN
- FRANK TURNER
- GEOFF MCSWEENEY
- John Watson — appointed April 13, 2019
- MR STEVE SHIRLEY
- Matt Stokes — appointed April 13, 2019
- RICHARD LOVELACE — appointed Oct. 5, 2011
- Rev Thomas Woodhouse — appointed Oct. 20, 2022
- Seamus Higgins — appointed April 13, 2019
- Steve Owen-Hughes MBE — appointed Oct. 20, 2022
- TONY BARKER