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The Benevolent Fund of the National Association of Group Secretaries of the Farmers' Unions of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland

RegisteredRegistered charity number 208145CeredigionPoverty relief
Income£18k2025-12-31
Spending£18ksame year
Spent / received126%5-year average
Size in its cause41st pctPoverty relief
Registered1962Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Benevolent Fund of the National Association of Group Secretaries of the Farmers' Unions of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ceredigion. It was registered in July 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 December 2025, The Benevolent Fund of the National Association of Group Secretaries of the Farmers' Unions of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland reported income of £18k and spending of £18k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,309 to £18k (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Benevolent Fund of the National Association of Group Secretaries of the Farmers' Unions of England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North West Turkish Community Association (£18k), The Simpson Foundation (£18k) and Chester Street Gospel Hall Church (£18k).

Income and spending

£0£4,556£9,113£14k£18k2021 Income: £8,3092021 Spending: £10,33920212022 Income: £8,4632022 Spending: £18,08920222023 Income: £8,5162023 Spending: £7,86520232024 Income: £8,6702024 Spending: £11,06720242025 Income: £18,1512025 Spending: £18,2252025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The benevolent fund of the National Association of Group Secretaries of the Farmers Unions of England and Wales, Scotland and Ulster exists to offer financial assistance to existing and retired Group Secretaries who contribute or have contributed to the fund. Assistance is also offered to the dependents of the subscriber. The aim is to offer financial assistance to those in financial difficulty on

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