Architects Benevolent Society

Analysis

Architects Benevolent Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01084747). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Architects Benevolent Society reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.5m, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.2m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 162% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Architects Benevolent Society sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shift.ms (£1.2m), The Michael Sobell Hospice Charity (£1.2m) and The Z.s.v. Trust (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 75% and donations and legacies 25%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £195k. Charitable activities took 63% of spending and raising funds 33%. Reserves of £28.7m would cover about 219 months of spending at that rate. It employed 10 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.