The Bender Family Trust

Analysis

The Bender Family Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 2015, 11 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 organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending January 2026, The Bender Family Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £234k, spending 795% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to January 2026, income grew from £20k to £29k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2024, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 636% 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 Bender Family Trust sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dr Friedrich Stock Memorial Trust (£29k), Chain Lane Community Centre Limited (£29k) and Sorkin Family Charitable Trust (£29k).

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.