The Carnaud Metalbox Benevolent Fund Limited

Analysis

The Carnaud Metalbox Benevolent Fund Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wantage. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00492051). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Carnaud Metalbox Benevolent Fund Limited reported income of £12k and spending of £6,785, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £41k to £12k (-69%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 50% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Carnaud Metalbox Benevolent Fund Limited sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Jack Peers Trust (£12k), Maranatha Christian Outreach Ministries (£12k) and Bible Church of God's Praise( Well of Praise) (£12k).