The Knights of the Round Table Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Knights of the Round Table Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Esher. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Knights of the Round Table Benevolent Fund reported income of £39k and spending of £51k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £51k to £39k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Knights of the Round Table Benevolent Fund sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 21st West Stafford Scout Group (£39k), Bradford on Avon and District U3a (£39k) and 4th Moreton Scout Group (£39k).

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.