The Benenden Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Benenden Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 05213807). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Benenden Charitable Trust reported income of £345k and spending of £342k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £234k to £345k (+47%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Benenden Charitable Trust sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Market Place (Leeds) (£345k), Ocd Action (£346k) and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Charitable Funds (£345k).