Boots Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Boots Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03053290). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Boots Benevolent Fund reported income of £705k and spending of £599k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £409k to £705k (+72%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Boots Benevolent Fund sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Kensington Law Centre (£705k), Beis Menachem Chabad Lubavitch (£705k) and KHG (£704k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 7.0%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 4.6%. Reserves of £2.3m would cover about 47 months of spending at that rate.