The Association of School and College Leaders Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Association of School and College Leaders Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in March 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Association of School and College Leaders Benevolent Fund reported income of £81k and spending of £73k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £73k to £81k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Association of School and College Leaders Benevolent Fund sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethel Evangelical Baptist Church (£81k), Mothers' Union, Diocese of Leeds (£81k) and Dickinson Massey Underwood Gill Trust (£81k).