Ice Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Ice Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Haywards Heath. It was registered in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06708655). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ice Benevolent Fund reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.6m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.5m to £1.7m (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ice Benevolent Fund sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Just Helping (£1.7m), Z V M Rangoonwala Foundation (£1.7m) and Venus Working Creatively with Young Women (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 40%, investments 27%, trading 27% and charitable activities 7.0%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £407k. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 18%. Reserves of £26.3m would cover about 197 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.