The Road Haulage Association Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Road Haulage Association Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and 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 December 2025, The Road Haulage Association Benevolent Fund reported income of £113k and spending of £152k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £28k to £113k (+308%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 202%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Road Haulage Association Benevolent Fund sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Andrew's United Reformed Church Upper Hanover Street Sheffield Trust (£113k), Garden Route Children's Trust (£113k) and West Kent Debt Advice (£113k).