FORWARD ASSIST LIMITED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 9 January 2013
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 08190905
Financial period: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £51,798
Latest expenditure: £104,412
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: c/o The John Willie Sams Centre, Market Street, Dudley, Cramlington, Northumberland, NE23 7HS

Website recorded by the regulator: www.forward-assist.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing ex service personnel from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 18 June 2026
Date Accounts Received: 18 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £51,798
Total Gross Expenditure: £104,412

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 22 May 2025
Date Accounts Received: 22 May 2025
Total Gross Income: £42,973
Total Gross Expenditure: £91,596

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 18 February 2024
Date Accounts Received: 18 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £396,671
Total Gross Expenditure: £286,771

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 29 April 2023
Date Accounts Received: 29 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £126,474
Total Gross Expenditure: £253,077

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 8 July 2022
Date Accounts Received: 4 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £278,611
Total Gross Expenditure: £198,696

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Received Date: 18 June 2026
Total Gross Income: £51,798
Total Gross Expenditure: £104,412
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 11

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Received Date: 22 May 2025
Total Gross Income: £42,973
Total Gross Expenditure: £91,596
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 18 February 2024
Total Gross Income: £396,671
Total Gross Expenditure: £286,771
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Received Date: 29 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £126,474
Total Gross Expenditure: £253,077
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 8 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £278,611
Total Gross Expenditure: £198,696
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 24

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: FORWARD ASSIST LIMITED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2013-01-09T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24 AUG 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04/01/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 NOV 2016
Charitable Objects: TO RELIEVE THE NEED OF FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF THEIR PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH OR THEIR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE THE CHARITY WILL:ENSURE THAT ANY FORMER MEMBER OF HER MAJESTIES ARMED FORCES CAN ACCESS SPECIALIST INFORMATION ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AND HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO REDUCE THE PHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL OR SOCIAL HARM EXPERIENCED BY INDIVIDUALS AS A RESULT OF MILITARY SERVICE AND THEIR ASSIMILATION BACK INTO THE CIVILIAN COMMUNITY.PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING EX SERVICE PERSONNEL FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF EX SERVICE PERSONNEL BOTH [SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY] SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN UK IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, ANDHELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETYPROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures