The Society for the Management and Distribution of the Artists Fund - Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Society for the Management and Distribution of the Artists Fund - Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Altrincham. It was registered in April 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Society for the Management and Distribution of the Artists Fund - Benevolent Fund reported income of £107k and spending of £190k, spending 178% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £41k to £107k (+162%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2023, when income rose by 3651%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Society for the Management and Distribution of the Artists Fund - Benevolent Fund sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derby Kids' Camp (£107k), Filwood Hope Ltd (£107k) and Extending Grace International Ministries Ltd (£107k).