The David and Ruth Behrend Fund

Analysis

The David and Ruth Behrend Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in September 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The David and Ruth Behrend Fund reported income of £175k and spending of £107k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £112k to £175k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The David and Ruth Behrend Fund sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waltham Forest Muslim Burial Trust (£175k), Live Well with Cancer (£176k) and The Pearce Foundation (£175k).