The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Benevolent Fund Limited

Analysis

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Benevolent Fund Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in June 1970, 56 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00980025). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Benevolent Fund Limited reported income of £1.8m and spending of £2.1m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.0m to £1.8m (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' Benevolent Fund Limited sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hillside Clubhouse (£1.8m), Barnet Carers Centre (£1.8m) and The Rosemere Cancer Foundation (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 52% and investments 48%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 6.7%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 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.