Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in June 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Benevolent Fund reported income of £39k and spending of £6,605, leaving 83% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £7,703 to £39k (+408%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 201%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Benevolent Fund sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leprosy Outreach (£39k), 1st All Saints Sherburn-In-Elmet Scout Group (£39k) and The Robert and Margaret Moss Charitable Trust (£39k).