The Antiquarian Booksellers Association ( International ) Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Antiquarian Booksellers Association ( International ) Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Antiquarian Booksellers Association ( International ) Benevolent Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £17k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £32k to £11k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Antiquarian Booksellers Association ( International ) Benevolent Fund sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pontesbury Public Hall (£11k), The League of Friends of the Alfred Bean Hospital,driffield (£11k) and The Rotary Club of Bridgwater Trust Fund (£11k).