The Football Association Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Football Association Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Football Association Benevolent Fund reported income of £141k and spending of £163k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £134k to £141k (+5.1%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 123% 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 Football Association Benevolent Fund sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mental Health Motorbike (£141k), In-Deep Community Task Force (£141k) and Emmanuel International Ltd (£141k).

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.