Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association

Analysis

Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Old Leicester Road. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05970606). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association reported income of £5.4m and spending of £6.0m, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3.8m to £5.4m (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 122% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chartered Accountants' Benevolent Association sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trees for Cities (£5.4m), London Hearts (£5.4m) and Imago Community (£5.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 86% and donations and legacies 14%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £610k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.9%. Reserves of £151.4m would cover about 297 months of spending at that rate. It employed 53 people.

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.