Western Gazette Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Western Gazette Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Yeovil. It was registered in November 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Western Gazette Benevolent Fund reported income of £11k and spending of £34k, spending 321% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £9,427 to £11k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 298% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Western Gazette Benevolent Fund sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paediatric Emergency Research in United Kingdom and Ireland (£11k), Wellbeing and Wholeness Counselling Agency (£11k) and Merton Sports and Social Club for Visually Impaired People (£11k).

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.