Order of the Secret Monitor Fund of Benevolence

Analysis

Order of the Secret Monitor Fund of Benevolence is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Order of the Secret Monitor Fund of Benevolence reported income of £69k and spending of £19k, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £28k to £69k (+151%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Order of the Secret Monitor Fund of Benevolence sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Taunton Family Church (£69k), Cibse Benevolent Fund Trust (£69k) and Melodor Limited (£69k).