Public School Lodges Council Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Public School Lodges Council Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sevenoaks. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and 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, Public School Lodges Council Benevolent Fund reported income of £15k and spending of £10k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £15k (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Public School Lodges Council Benevolent Fund sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Borokurma Islamic Academy (£15k), St Paul's Children's Project (£15k) and Manchester City of Sanctuary (£15k).