Solicitors Benevolent Association Limited

Analysis

Solicitors Benevolent Association Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06601907). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Solicitors Benevolent Association Limited reported income of £1.6m and spending of £2.6m, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.6m (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 129% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Solicitors Benevolent Association Limited sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rentstart (UK) Ltd (£1.6m), The Aziz Foundation (£1.6m) and Gateshead Kehilla Kollel Ltd (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 73% and investments 27%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £61k. Charitable activities took 80% of spending and raising funds 15%. Grants to other organisations totalled £110k. Reserves of £11.3m would cover about 50 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 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.