The Rifles Benevolent Trust

Analysis

The Rifles Benevolent Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in May 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Rifles Benevolent Trust reported income of £1.0m and spending of £927k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £947k to £1.0m (+8.9%), an average of +2.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Rifles Benevolent Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barnsley and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.0m), London Good News Church Limited (£1.0m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicholas & All Saint's Worcester (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 56%, investments 37% and charitable activities 6.9%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1,063. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £149k. Reserves of £21.4m would cover about 274 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.