The National Benevolent Society of Watch and Clock Makers

Analysis

The National Benevolent Society of Watch and Clock Makers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in England. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The National Benevolent Society of Watch and Clock Makers reported income of £48k and spending of £179k, spending 370% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £76k to £48k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 420% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The National Benevolent Society of Watch and Clock Makers sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chelmers Village Hall (£48k), Littlehampton & District Foodbank (£48k) and Manor Church and Community Project (£48k).

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.