Essex Police Force Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Essex Police Force Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in April 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Essex Police Force Benevolent Fund reported income of £49k and spending of £59k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £38k to £49k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 305% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Essex Police Force Benevolent Fund sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hazara Charitable Trust (£49k), Arfid Awareness UK (£49k) and Glorious Peoples' Chapel (£49k).

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.