The West Yorkshire Police Benevolent and Loans Fund

Analysis

The West Yorkshire Police Benevolent and Loans Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in September 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The West Yorkshire Police Benevolent and Loans Fund reported income of £47k and spending of £25k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £22k to £47k (+112%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 142% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The West Yorkshire Police Benevolent and Loans Fund sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tasaaga Primary School Supporters UK (£47k), Burgess Hill Community Food Bank (£47k) and Ymc Charity (£47k).