The National Benevolent Charity

Analysis

The National Benevolent Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Shurdington. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The National Benevolent Charity reported income of £430k and spending of £1.4m, spending 319% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £997k to £430k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 115% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The National Benevolent Charity sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cameron Fund (£430k), Mohebban Al - Mahdi Youth Foundation (£430k) and Northumbria Youth Action Limited (£429k).

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.