The Joseph Rank Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Joseph Rank Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hull. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Joseph Rank Benevolent Fund reported income of £107k and spending of £206k, spending 192% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £77k to £107k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 190% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Joseph Rank Benevolent Fund sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Burma Star Memorial Fund (£107k), The Victoria Cross and George Cross Association (£108k) and The Institution of Structural Engineers Benevolent Fund (£107k).

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.