The Professional Golfers Association Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Professional Golfers Association Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton Coldfield. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Professional Golfers Association Benevolent Fund reported income of £139k and spending of £166k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £57k to £139k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Professional Golfers Association Benevolent 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 Anglian Community Trust (Act) (£139k), NHS Blood and Transplant Trust Fund (£140k) and The John Clements Sports and Community Trust (£139k).