The Air Pilots Benevolent Fund
Analysis
The Air Pilots Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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 September 2025, The Air Pilots Benevolent Fund reported income of £78k and spending of £56k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £34k to £78k (+128%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 562%. Over the whole period it spent 47% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Air Pilots Benevolent Fund sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rehoboth Children's Homes Trust (£78k), Wadi Howar Welfare Trust (£78k) and EN:Communities CIO (£78k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The relief of poverty of persons who are or have been engaged professionally as air pilots or air navigators and who are British subjects by birth or by naturalisation or who are liverymen, upper freemen or freemen of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators of London.The relief of poverty and/or advancement of education of the dependants widows and orphans of all such persons mentioned above.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Rehoboth Children's Homes Trust | Huntingdon | £78k |
| Wadi Howar Welfare Trust | Birmingham | £78k |
| EN:Communities CIO | Sheffield | £78k |
| Eagle Christian Fellowship | Surrey | £78k |