# Income to army charities falls after ‘admirable performance’ during recession

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/04/24/income-army-charities-falls-admirable-performance-recession/
- Published: 2014-04-24T12:35:27+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Having achieved double-digit growth during some of the worst years of the economic
downturn, income to charities that support British soldiers fell by 4.2 per cent
last year.

Data released by [Charity Financials](https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/04/24/income-army-charities-falls-admirable-performance-recession/www.charityfinancials.com)
shows that combined income for the 11 charities listed on the British Army’s website
had a combined income of £296.4m in 2012/13, compared to £309.6m in 2011.12.

Six of the 11 charities have seen a drop income with Help for Heroes being the biggest
losers (down by £6m), followed by ABF the Soldier’s Charity (£3.7 million) and the
Royal British Legion (3.4 million).

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Charity Financials says older data shows that army charities “performed remarkably
well during the recession. While most charities saw their incomes fall following
the financial crisis and are only now recovering, the army charities experienced
income rises of 13.8 per cent, 10.9 per cent and 9.7 per cent between 2008/09 and
2011/12.”

Much of this growth was driven by the performance of Help for Heroes, which saw 
its income leap from £14.6 million in 2008/09 to £46.6 million in 2011/12. But even
without the success of Help for Heroes, all the other army charities still recorded
combined annual growth each year since 2005/06.

Incomes for the 11 army charities are:

 * Royal British Legion – £132.8m
 * SSAFA – £50.4m
 * Help for Heroes – £40.6m
 * Blind Veterans UK – £24.2m
 * Combat Stress – £15.6m
 * ABF the Soldiers Charity – £13.2m
 * Skill Force Development – £8.1m
 * Earl Haig Fund Scotland – £5.1m
 * BLESMA – £4.8m)
 * uk4u – Thanks! – £0.3m
 * Scottish Veterans’ Residences – £0.3m.

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