The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen & Families Association - Forces Help
Also known as: SSAFA Forces Help
- Country
- Scotland
- Charity number
- SC038056
- Status
- Active
- Reporting
- Up to date Last filed Aug. 3, 2026. Filing history
- Registered
- April 5, 2007
- Legal form
- Statutory corporation (Royal Charter etc)
Address
- Address
- Queen Elizabeth House
4 St Dunstan's Hill
London
EC3R8AD
Contact
- Website
ssafa.org.uk
Activities
'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It carries out activities or services itself'
'the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'
Beneficiaries: 'Other defined groups'
Objectives: The Object for which SSAFA is established and incorporated is to relieve the need, suffering and distress of the following individuals, who in each case shall satisfy such requirements as the Council may from time to time specify by Regulations: 3.1 members and former members of all ranks of all branches of Our Land Sea and Air Forces (‘Beneficiaries’). 3.2 any person who is dependent on a Beneficiary. 3.3 any person who was dependent on a Beneficiary while that Beneficiary was alive. 3.4 any person on whom a Beneficiary is dependent. and 3.5 any person on whom a deceased Beneficiary was dependent.
Geography
- Main operating location
- Outwith Scotland
- Geographical spread
- UK and overseas
Finances
| Period end | Filed | Income | Expenditure | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2025 | Aug. 3, 2026On time | £33,206,000 | £33,617,000 | 401 |
| Dec. 31, 2024 | July 21, 2025On time | £105,826,000 | £34,025,000 | 401 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | July 24, 2024On time | £34,120,000 | £35,147,000 | 389 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | July 20, 2023On time | £33,035,000 | £34,416,000 | 393 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | Aug. 12, 2022On time | £40,242,000 | £29,742,000 | 351 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | June 30, 2021 | £34,479,000 | £32,887,000 | 354 |
Due dates are 9 months after the year end, OSCR's deadline, so they don't allow for any extension OSCR has granted.