The Market Research Benevolent Association

Analysis

The Market Research Benevolent Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in September 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Market Research Benevolent Association reported income of £37k and spending of £75k, spending 206% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £34k to £37k (+8.0%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 250% 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 Market Research Benevolent Association 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 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cubbington Seniors Association (£37k), The Basil Fisher Foundation (£37k) and Village Hall (Harston) (£37k).

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.