The Nuclear Industry Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Nuclear Industry Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. 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, provides other finance and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Nuclear Industry Benevolent Fund reported income of £81k and spending of £420k, spending 520% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £72k to £81k (+12%), an average of +2.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 309% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Nuclear Industry Benevolent Fund 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 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Apostolic Church Pentecostal Assembly (£81k), Give for Good (£81k) and Horringer Court Community Church (£81k).

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.