The Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association

Analysis

The Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association reported income of £7.0m and spending of £13.9m, spending 200% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £7.3m to £7.0m (-5.0%), an average of -1.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 179% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Empowering People Inspiring Communities Limited (£6.9m), Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (Wiego) Limited (£7.0m) and Plymouth Citizens Advice Bureaux (£6.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 68%, donations and legacies 30% and trading 2.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £510k. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 22%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.0m. Reserves of £5.7m would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 111 people.

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.