Metropolitan Police Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Metropolitan Police Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Metropolitan Police Benevolent Fund reported income of £2.0m and spending of £2.3m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £2.4m to £2.0m (-17%), an average of -4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Metropolitan Police Benevolent Fund 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rennie Grove Hospice Care (£2.0m), YMCA Plymouth Ltd (£2.0m) and Association for Cultural Advancement Through Visual Art Limited (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97% and charitable activities 3.2%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Reserves of £87k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.

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.