Prospect Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Prospect Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Prospect Benevolent Fund reported income of £36k and spending of £40k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £36k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 175% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Prospect Benevolent Fund sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Orchard Charitable Foundation (£36k), Camdoc UK Charity (£36k) and Samburu Trust UK (£36k).

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.