The Ben Parker Trust Fund

Analysis

The Ben Parker Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ilkeston. It was registered in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ben Parker Trust Fund reported income of £137k and spending of £64k, leaving 53% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £78k to £137k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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 Ben Parker Trust Fund sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust Charitable Funds (£137k), The One Feeds Two Foundation (£137k) and Mifal Tov Vachesed (£137k).