Servus (Benevolent Fund) Ltd

Analysis

Servus (Benevolent Fund) Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00831219). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Servus (Benevolent Fund) Ltd reported income of £29k and spending of £25k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,000 to £29k (+481%), an average of +55% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 417%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Servus (Benevolent Fund) Ltd sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evangelical Church Winning All (Ecwa) (£29k), Al Quran Complex Welfare Trust (£29k) and Anwar Welfare Trust (£29k).