Harlesden Lodge Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Harlesden Lodge Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in August 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Harlesden Lodge Benevolent Fund reported income of £14k and spending of £12k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £80 to £14k (+17496%), an average of +264% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2022, when income rose by 986%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Harlesden Lodge Benevolent Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Higham Ferrers Adult Schools (£14k), Maidenhead Care (£14k) and Mrs Greenwood's 1984 Charity Trust (£14k).