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The Assist Fund is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include the prevention or relief of poverty, armed forces/emergency service efficiency.
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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about The Assist Fund?
Reported income · year ending 2025-06-30
£1,126,656
Reported spending · year ending 2025-06-30
£999,353
Registered charity number
1164650
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
CIO
Register contact address detail (not service area)
London
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded
Quick answer
The Assist Fund (number 1164650) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does The Assist Fund do?
The Assist Fund supports those members of the Service, past and present and their dependants, who find themselves in need. Predominantly a grant making charity our vision is that no one in the Assist Fund Family should face adversity alone. We have recently expanded our objects to support the serving members of the Service more effectively . We operate predominantly in England and Wales
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for The Assist Fund
Answers The Assist Fund gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 30 June 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are The Assist Fund's highest-paid staff paid?
The Assist Fund's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Where does The Assist Fund's money come from?
The Assist Fund reported £1.1m total income for the year ending 30 June 2025. The largest sources were investments £816k (72%), donations and legacies £311k (28%).
Investments£816k · 72%
Donations and legacies£311k · 28%
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record The Assist Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
The Assist Fund's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Other Defined Groups.
Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals; Provides Advocacy/advice/information; Other Charitable Activities.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is The Assist Fund registered for?
The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyArmed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
Why is there no Clarity Score for The Assist Fund yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score The Assist Fund.
An unrated profile is a gap in our assessment, not a negative judgement about the charity.
The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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The register data used for this profile lists The Assist Fund as a registered charity (number 1164650) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is The Assist Fund's charity number?
The Assist Fund's charity number is 1164650. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1164650?
Search 1164650 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does The Assist Fund do?
The Assist Fund supports those members of the Service, past and present and their dependants, who find themselves in need. Predominantly a grant making charity our vision is that no one in the Assist Fund Family should face adversity alone. We have recently expanded our objects to support the serving members of the Service more effectively . We operate predominantly in England and Wales
Does The Assist Fund have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Assist Fund. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to The Assist Fund?
The Assist Fund does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is The Assist Fund's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The Assist Fund's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The Assist Fund's money come from?
The Assist Fund reported £1.1m total income for the year ending 30 June 2025. The largest sources were investments £816k (72%), donations and legacies £311k (28%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The Assist Fund?
The register does not record The Assist Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are The Assist Fund's trustees paid?
The Assist Fund's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was The Assist Fund registered as a charity?
The Assist Fund was entered on the register on 2 December 2015.