St James's Lodge No 448 Benevolent Fund

Analysis

St James's Lodge No 448 Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Halifax. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, St James's Lodge No 448 Benevolent Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £7,622, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,410 to £12k (+725%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 468%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, St James's Lodge No 448 Benevolent Fund 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 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wellington Community Association (£12k), Wigginton Village Hall (£12k) and The Taddington Educational Foundation (£12k).