The Natwest Group Pensioners Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Natwest Group Pensioners Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Natwest Group Pensioners Benevolent Fund reported income of £245k and spending of £82k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £68k to £245k (+262%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 439%. Over the whole period it spent 67% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Natwest Group Pensioners Benevolent Fund sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sivan Arul- Humanity (£245k), Caring Hair (£245k) and SMA Interfaith (£245k).