The Raphael and Marika Levy Benevolent Fund

Analysis

The Raphael and Marika Levy Benevolent Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in November 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Raphael and Marika Levy Benevolent Fund reported income of £15k and spending of £18k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £3,344 to £15k (+344%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 127% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Raphael and Marika Levy Benevolent Fund sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Studley Green Community Day Care Centre (£15k), Keswick Senior Citizens Club (£15k) and Lymphoma Out Loud (£15k).