Bensted's Charity

Analysis

Bensted's Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in September 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and amateur sport, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Bensted's Charity reported income of £39k and spending of £31k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £23k to £39k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bensted's Charity sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hours of Human Happiness (£39k), The Neno Macadamia Trust (Malawi) (£39k) and Surma Islamic Education Centre Trust (£39k).