The Benith Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Benith Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, The Benith Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £75k, spending 611% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £10k to £12k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 599% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Benith Charitable Trust 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 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Garford Village Hall (£12k), Didsbury Community Association (£12k) and The McGinley Foundation (£12k).

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.