The Institution of Plant Engineers Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Institution of Plant Engineers Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in May 1970, 56 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 Institution of Plant Engineers Benevolent Fund reported income of £16k and spending of £5,194, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £13k to £16k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Institution of Plant Engineers Benevolent Fund sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brightwell Supporting Refugees (£16k), Ashford Relief in Need Charities (£16k) and Highdown Rotary (£16k).