Gilmoor Benevolent Fund Limited

Analysis

Gilmoor Benevolent Fund Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00776382). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gilmoor Benevolent Fund Limited reported income of £2.8m and spending of £8.0m, spending 290% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.9m to £2.8m (-44%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 168% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Gilmoor Benevolent Fund Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Andover Mind (£2.7m), Bite Back 2030 (£2.8m) and Murray Hall Community Trust Limited (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 84%, donations and legacies 13% and trading 2.5%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.2%. Grants to other organisations totalled £7.6m. Reserves of £46.2m would cover about 69 months of spending at that rate.

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.