The Walker Pensions Fund
Analysis
The Walker Pensions Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 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.
In the financial year ending April 2025, The Walker Pensions Fund reported income of £17k and spending of £15k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £17k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Walker Pensions Fund sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Education West Africa (£17k), We Ignite Nations (£17k) and Dole Charity (£17k).
Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
To assist aged or distressed persons male or female professing the Protestant religion belonging to the upper or middle classes of society provided that such persons shall have been reduced to poverty by misfortune and not by their own improvidence or neglect. Special regard is to be shown to the claims of widows and daughters of Clergymen of the Church of England.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Education West Africa | West Sussex | £17k |
| We Ignite Nations | London | £17k |
| Dole Charity | Norfolk | £17k |
| The Antonio Carluccio Foundation | London | £17k |