Provision Trade Benevolent Institution

Analysis

Provision Trade Benevolent Institution is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Provision Trade Benevolent Institution reported income of £56k and spending of £68k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £44k to £56k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 141% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Provision Trade Benevolent Institution sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The M S Charitable Trust (£56k), Colnbrook Village Hall Trust (£56k) and Forsters Charitable Fund (£56k).

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.