The North West Police Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The North West Police Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in March 1974, 52 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. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The North West Police Benevolent Fund reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.2m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.9m to £2.1m (+9.4%), an average of +2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 North West Police Benevolent Fund sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Your Voice Counts (£2.1m), Oxfordshire Community Foundation (£2.1m) and Carers' Support East Kent (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, trading 7.4%, investments 3.3% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £2,104. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £8,439. Reserves of £275k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 88 people.