The Concert Artistes Association Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Concert Artistes Association Benevolent Fund 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, the advancement of health or saving of lives 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 September 2025, The Concert Artistes Association Benevolent Fund reported income of £29k and spending of £53k, spending 185% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £30k to £29k (-3.5%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 934%. Over the whole period it spent 64% 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 Concert Artistes Association Benevolent Fund sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Abundant Life Ministry International (£29k), The Sheffield Forgemasters Limited Benevolent Fund (£29k) and Samaritans of Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley (£29k).

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.