The Institute of Physics Benevolent Fund
Analysis
The Institute of Physics 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, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.
In the financial year ending December 2025, The Institute of Physics Benevolent Fund reported income of £81k and spending of £28k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £45k to £81k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.
Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Institute of Physics Benevolent Fund sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% 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 Greater Sylhet Development & Welfare Council ( U.k.) (£81k), Queen Street Neighbourhood Resource Centre (£81k) and The Peertalk Charitable Foundation (£81k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
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In the charity's own words
The fund was formed in 1924. The sole object of the fund is: "To help necessitous persons who are or have been members of the Institute of Physics (whether subscribers or not), their wives, and children or widows or dependent relatives, or in exceptional cases, to help Physicists or the dependents who are not or have never been members of the Institute".
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Sylhet Development & Welfare Council ( U.k.) | London | £81k |
| Queen Street Neighbourhood Resource Centre | Staffordshire | £81k |
| The Peertalk Charitable Foundation | West Yorkshire | £81k |
| Society for Vascular Technology of Great Britain and Ireland | Milton Keynes | £81k |