The Stock Exchange Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Stock Exchange Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1965, 61 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Stock Exchange Benevolent Fund reported income of £742k and spending of £1.2m, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £725k to £742k (+2.3%), an average of +0.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 155% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Stock Exchange Benevolent Fund sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sassov Beis Hamedrash (£742k), Eelapatheeswarar Aalayam (£742k) and Lifeline Community Action (£742k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 98% and donations and legacies 1.7%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 9.9%. Grants to other organisations totalled £15k. Reserves of £25.5m would cover about 253 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.