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The Felicity Lodge Benevolent Fund

RegisteredRegistered charity number 279915DevonGrant-making and general purposes
Income£12k2025-12-31
Spending£6,126same year
Spent / received97%5-year average
Size in its cause46th pctGrant-making and general purposes
Registered1980Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Felicity Lodge Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in May 1980, 46 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Felicity Lodge Benevolent Fund reported income of £12k and spending of £6,126, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £12k (+13%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 78%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Felicity Lodge Benevolent Fund sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Gordon Family Charitable Trust (£12k), Rotary Club of Woodhall Spa Trust Fund (£12k) and Slapton Village Hall (£12k).

Income and spending

£0£3,177£6,354£9,531£13k2021 Income: £10,7482021 Spending: £12,70820212022 Income: £10,9172022 Spending: £10,55520222023 Income: £6,5632023 Spending: £12,47420232024 Income: £6,8342024 Spending: £4,06120242025 Income: £12,1432025 Spending: £6,1262025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Management of Benevolent Fund of deposits/donations from Members.Distribution of charitable donations to organisations in need of funding and in response to international, national and local appeals.

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