Police Care UK
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Police Care UK is relevant only if your beneficiaries are serving or former police officers, policing staff, or their dependants who have been harmed through a policing role, and its stated purpose is limited to that group.
- Its single-programme amounts are modest, up to £1,200 for the financial hardship fund and up to £3,000 for the higher education bursary, so ask for an amount within those limits.
- Its annual report, register entry and website publish no application process, so contact the charity first and ask whether any fund is open, since its overview says one fund has closed to new applicants.
- Requests for debt repayment, or for harm caused by organisational or occupational factors at work, fall outside what it funds.
Overview
Police Care UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1151322).
Police Care UK is a charity registered in England and Wales that supports serving and former police officers, policing staff, their dependants and police forces throughout the UK when people have been harmed through a policing role. Its objects are to promote the efficiency of the UK police service and to support people affected by injury, death as a result of duty, illness, hardship and old age. It combines counselling, emotional support and advice with grant funding, training and research, and it runs a Financial Hardship fund for short-term help with essential living costs. Its annual giving was £70,296, according to its annual report.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Police Care UK supports serving and former police officers, policing staff, their families and police forces throughout the UK when people have been harmed through a policing role. Its purpose is to promote the efficiency of the UK police service while supporting people affected by injury, death in the execution of duty, illness, hardship and old age. It combines counselling, emotional support and advice with grant funding, training and research. Its work helps people harmed through policing rebuild their lives and recover from physical and psychological effects, while improving awareness of policing-related harm and enabling police forces to look after their people. Its financial assistance includes grants concerning hardship, older age, physical injury, physical health and fitness, career transition, family time, and further and higher education for family members.
Themes
- Financial hardship
- Further and higher education
- Physical injury
- Physical health and fitness
- Career transition
- Family time
- Older age
Geographic Focus
UK.
What they don't fund
- Organisational or occupational factors that could be considered harm caused at work
- Funding to repay debts such as loans or credit cards
- Financial hardship fund only:
- applicants who are already receiving charitable funding for the same purpose
- applicants whose household income is not at, or within, 10% of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) Minimum Income Standard for their household
- applicants who are not receiving all eligible injury related benefits, which may include an ill health pension and/or an injury on duty award
- applicants whose household savings and capital exceed £10,000
- applicants who are not registered with Police Care UK
- applicants whose registration does not include evidence showing the harm caused by their policing role
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Who can apply:
- Financial Hardship Fund
- Applicants must be a registered serving or veteran member of the police community, or an immediate adult family member who is financially dependent on a registered serving or veteran member of the police community. Applicants must be registered with us.
- Your household income must be at, or within, 10% of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) Minimum Income Standard for your Household.
- You must be receiving all eligible injury related benefits, which may include an ill health pension and/or an injury on duty award.
- Your household savings and capital must not exceed £10,000.
What to send:
- Financial Hardship Fund
- Evidence showing the harm caused by your policing role, included in your registration.
- A clear explanation of why the funding is needed and how it will be used.
- Income and expenditure details for you and your household.
- Three months of recent bank statements for you and any adult household members.
- Details of any savings or financial assets.
- Any additional information requested by your grants advisor.
Applying again: Financial Hardship Fund: You can apply once per financial year.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Police Care UK.
Grants
Not included above: 1 grant to individuals; 1 with no amount stated.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £1,662,848 | £4,853,546 | £2,443,137 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £1,125,903 | £2,806,399 | £165,249 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £1,534,418 | £2,720,666 | £116,241 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £1,559,862 | £3,218,681 | £31,997 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £861,875 | £3,855,115 | £70,296 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 1 of the 5 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- policecare.org.uk/full-eligibility-criteria · read on 30 October 2026
- policecare.org.uk/grant-application-terms · read on 30 October 2026
- policecare.org.uk/financial-hardship-fund · read on 30 October 2026
- policecare.org.uk/higher-education-bursary · read on 30 October 2026
- policecare.org.uk · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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At a glance
Applying to Police Care UK?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- 0300 012 0030source
- hello@policecare.org.uksource
- 600, Woking ONE, Unit 6, Albion House, High St, Woking, GU21 6BGsource
- policecare.org.uk
- Apply online
Applying to Police Care UK?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- 0300 012 0030source
- hello@policecare.org.uksource
- 600, Woking ONE, Unit 6, Albion House, High St, Woking, GU21 6BGsource
- policecare.org.uk
- Apply online