Ben - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund

Analysis

Ben - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in November 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02163894). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ben - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund reported income of £19.5m and spending of £21.1m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £17.1m to £19.5m (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ben - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southside Partnership (£19.4m), Kaleidoscope Project (£19.5m) and The World Federation of Khoja Shia Ithna-Asheri Muslim Communities (£19.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 78%, donations and legacies 19%, investments 2.6% and trading 1.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £641k. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 5.5%. Reserves of £5.5m would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 324 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.