Medical Research Council Staff Benevolent Fund Association

Analysis

Medical Research Council Staff Benevolent Fund Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Medical Research Council Staff Benevolent Fund Association reported income of £36k and spending of £22k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £25k to £36k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Medical Research Council Staff Benevolent Fund Association sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Refugee Aid Trust (£36k), Project Embabazi (£36k) and Gedney Hill Estate Charity (£36k).