National Liberal Club Benevolent Fund

Analysis

National Liberal Club Benevolent Fund 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending June 2025, National Liberal Club Benevolent Fund reported income of £38k and spending of £5,955, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £6,030 to £38k (+537%), an average of +59% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 393%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, National Liberal Club Benevolent Fund sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bike to the Future (£38k), Word of Life Celebrations Centre (£38k) and The Red Rubber Ball Foundation (£38k).