East Anglian Mark Benevolent Association Fund

Analysis

East Anglian Mark Benevolent Association Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in June 1976, 50 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Anglian Mark Benevolent Association Fund reported income of £19k and spending of £22k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £19k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, East Anglian Mark Benevolent Association Fund sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% 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 Village Hall (£19k), The Mahmood Sherali Bhogadia Charitable Foundation (£19k) and The Newton Charitable Trust (£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.