Benevolent Fund of the Institute of Clerks of Works of Great Britain Incorporated

Analysis

Benevolent Fund of the Institute of Clerks of Works of Great Britain Incorporated is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Benevolent Fund of the Institute of Clerks of Works of Great Britain Incorporated reported income of £10k and spending of £20k, spending 192% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £164k to £10k (-94%), an average of -50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 45% 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, Benevolent Fund of the Institute of Clerks of Works of Great Britain Incorporated sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Michael and Lotti Sturge Charitable Trust (£10k), Men in Sheds Beverley (£10k) and The WR Foundation (£10k).

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.