Unite the Union Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Unite the Union Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Unite the Union Benevolent Fund reported income of £149k and spending of £204k, spending 137% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £191k to £149k (-22%), an average of -5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Unite the Union Benevolent Fund sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include E C Graham Belford Charitable Settlement (£149k), The Pike Star Foundation (£150k) and The Imp Trust (£149k).