The London Regiment Welfare and Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The London Regiment Welfare and Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The London Regiment Welfare and Benevolent Fund reported income of £36k and spending of £9,851, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,876 to £36k (+513%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 37% 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 London Regiment Welfare and Benevolent Fund sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Aortic Centre Trust (£36k), Somerlea Park Community Centre (£36k) and Trimsaran Family Centre (£36k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.