B L Joshi Benevolent Fund

Analysis

B L Joshi Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wembley. It was registered in June 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, B L Joshi Benevolent Fund reported income of £24k and spending of £23k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £80k to £24k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 423% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, B L Joshi Benevolent Fund sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Duncombe Charitable Trust (£24k), Sedbergh United Charities and Widows' Hospital (£24k) and The Army and Navy Club Benevolent Fund (£24k).