Aldworth Lodge Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Aldworth Lodge Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in November 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Aldworth Lodge Benevolent Fund reported income of £25k and spending of £13k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1,181 to £25k (+2026%), an average of +115% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 1181%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Aldworth Lodge Benevolent Fund sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include John Jacob Astor Charitable Trust (£25k), 1st Pannal Scout Group (£25k) and ASTM Foundation (£25k).