Avon and Somerset Constabulary Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Avon and Somerset Constabulary Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03837167). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Avon and Somerset Constabulary Benevolent Fund reported income of £123k and spending of £125k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £34k to £123k (+264%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 365%. Over the whole period it spent 141% 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, Avon and Somerset Constabulary Benevolent Fund sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team CIO / TÎM Achub Mynydd Llanberis Sce (£123k), Laufer Charitable Trust (£123k) and South Leeds Team Ministry Charity Limited (£123k).

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.