The Thomas Benyon Charitable Settlement
Analysis
The Thomas Benyon Charitable Settlement is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Woodstock. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2026, The Thomas Benyon Charitable Settlement reported income of £128k and spending of £123k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £87k to £128k (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 324%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.
Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Thomas Benyon Charitable Settlement sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minority Development & Advocacy (Mda) Ltd (£128k), Eglwys Efengylaidd Caerfyrddin (£128k) and Arnold Foodbank (£128k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The objects of the charity are to assist ZANE (charity no 1112949) in the provision of assistance to those destitute and trapped in Zimbabwe. It also supplies UK charitable support to the Borradaile Nursing Home Complex in Zimbabwe.It supplied charitable support to the Community Emergency Food bank (CEF) in Oxford until 23 September 2013, when CEF was established as a charity in its own right
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Minority Development & Advocacy (Mda) Ltd | London | £128k |
| Eglwys Efengylaidd Caerfyrddin | Carmarthen | £128k |
| Arnold Foodbank | Nottingham | £128k |
| Access Accountancy | London | £128k |