The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association

Analysis

The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association reported income of £19k and spending of £24k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £80k to £19k (-76%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income dropped by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Firswood and District Community Association (£19k), The Agnes Poulton Charity (£19k) and Family Link Myanmar (£19k).

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.