The Pistol Benefit Fund

Analysis

The Pistol Benefit Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bushey. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Pistol Benefit Fund reported income of £15k and spending of £4,799, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,133 to £15k (+184%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 37% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Pistol Benefit Fund sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Order of St George The Martyr (£15k), Chigwell United Charities (£15k) and Newington Green Action Group (£15k).