Chartered Institute of Building Benevolent Fund Limited

Analysis

Chartered Institute of Building Benevolent Fund Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02733932). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chartered Institute of Building Benevolent Fund Limited reported income of £89k and spending of £152k, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £93k to £89k (-4.2%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 224% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Chartered Institute of Building Benevolent Fund Limited sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trimdon Grange Community Association (£89k), LC Taussig Charitable Trust (£89k) and The Bouttell Bequest (£89k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.