The Mayor of Barnet's Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Mayor of Barnet's Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Mayor of Barnet's Benevolent Fund reported income of £36k and spending of £22k, leaving 38% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £36k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 4394%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Mayor of Barnet's Benevolent Fund sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wilkinson, Cobb and Hodgson Trust (£36k), Exploits (£36k) and Smile Child Sponsorship (£36k).