The Abta Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Abta Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02080267). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Abta Benevolent Fund reported income of £202k and spending of £212k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £85k to £202k (+138%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Abta Benevolent Fund sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include My Cancer My Choices (£202k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of West Bolton (£202k) and Shape-Uk Ltd (£202k).