The Benham Charitable Settlement

Analysis

The Benham Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Virginia Water. It was registered in January 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Benham Charitable Settlement reported income of £325k and spending of £305k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £245k to £325k (+33%), an average of +7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Benham Charitable Settlement sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre South West Limited (£325k), Zaytun Welfare Trust (£325k) and The Genies Wish Charity (£324k).