ETERNAL BENEFITS

Registered charity 1085814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EBF, ETERNAL BENEFITS FURNITURE (EBF) LIMITED

To benefit the residents of Hull by providing activities and facilities in the interests of social welfare, relief of poverty and social inclusion without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents and to advance the Christian faith.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£106k
Latest spending
£113k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £6,552 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees' report indicates a reserve policy targeting £20,000 for building maintenance and £25,000 for three months of expenditure and staff costs, though the specific unrestricted reserves figure is not explicitly stated in the provided text.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £20,000 for building repair/maintenance; £25,000 for three months of expenditure plus three months staff costs
“a) The reserve policy of Eternal Benefits is to hold £20,000 for the repair and maintenance of the building in recognition of the fact that the building is quite old. b) The reserve policy of Eternal Benefits is to hold £25,000 three months of expenditure plus a further three months staff costs to allow the charity to adapt to any changes in the income or expenditure.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£106k£113k
31/03/2024£77k£101k
31/03/2023£106k£113k
31/03/2022£110k£88k
31/03/2021£98k£50k

Common questions

Is ETERNAL BENEFITS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £6,552 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees' report indicates a reserve policy targeting £20,000 for building maintenance and £25,000 for three months of expenditure and staff costs, though the specific unrestricted reserves figure is not explicitly stated in the provided text. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ETERNAL BENEFITS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ETERNAL BENEFITS as a grant recipient include THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIO, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AIDANS SOUTHCOATES, GROUND LEVEL MINISTRY TEAM.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIOFY2023£5kDonations
THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIOFY2022£5kGrants and donations
THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) CIOFY2024£5kDonations or grant funding support
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST AIDANS SOUTHCOATESFY2023£705Tithe giving
GROUND LEVEL MINISTRY TEAMFY2023£480
GROUND LEVEL MINISTRY TEAMFY2022£185Love your neighbour project

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/06/2024£20kcommunity outreach
The National Lottery Community Fund29/04/2022£8kEternal Benefits Over 60's work

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HULL COMMUNITY CHURCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ETERNAL BENEFITS£106k—0unclear—no doubt
HULL COMMUNITY CHURCH FY2025£430k—0unclear—no doubt
HUTTON COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
HULL COMMUNITY TRANSPORT (CHARITY) FY2025£1.4m——above—no doubt
HUMBER COMMUNITY ADVICE SERVICES LIMITED FY2025£356k—0unclear—no doubt
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST, KINGSTON PARK FY2025£158k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.