Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford Mark Benevolent Association

Analysis

Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford Mark Benevolent Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kettering. It was registered in June 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford Mark Benevolent Association reported income of £53k and spending of £48k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £39k to £53k (+36%), an average of +8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Northampton Huntingdon & Bedford Mark Benevolent Association sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jesus the Voice of Hope Global Ministries (£53k), The Ilchester Relief in Need and Educational Charity (£53k) and Birtley Community Church (£53k).