The Richard Whittington Lodge Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Richard Whittington Lodge Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in August 1977, 49 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 December 2025, The Richard Whittington Lodge Benevolent Fund reported income of £15k and spending of £10k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1,075 to £15k (+1257%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 29% 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, The Richard Whittington Lodge Benevolent Fund sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Robertsbridge Monday Lunch Club (£15k), God of Glory Christian Ministries Limited (£15k) and Aylsham & District Round Table 784 (£15k).