Metropolitan Police Staff Welfare Fund
Analysis
Metropolitan Police Staff Welfare Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in 38 Salusbury Road. It was registered in May 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and provides other finance.
In the financial year ending March 2025, Metropolitan Police Staff Welfare Fund reported income of £32k and spending of £41k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £32k (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.
Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Metropolitan Police Staff Welfare Fund 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 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newcastle Under Lyme Burgesses Lands (£31k), Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Association (£32k) and Friends of the Priory Church of Edington (£31k).
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The charity provides financial assistance to serving and former members of the Metropolitan Police Staff and Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime and their families or dependants who are in need as a result of poverty, sickness, hardship or distress.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Under Lyme Burgesses Lands | Herefordshire | £31k |
| Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry Association | Surrey | £32k |
| Friends of the Priory Church of Edington | Wiltshire | £31k |
| Survive | Crewe | £32k |