Eternal Benefits

Analysis

Eternal Benefits is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04109691). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Eternal Benefits reported income of £106k and spending of £113k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £98k to £106k (+9.1%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Eternal Benefits sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Skylark International Community (£106k), Headley Down Community Church (£106k) and Refugee and Migrant Network Sutton (£106k).

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.