THE BENIN TRUST

Registered charity 1116338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BENIN YOUTH FORUM, THE BINI UNION TRUST

Provision of senior citizen support and volunteering, organizing youth mentoring and health promotion including sports and recreational services, delivering vocational education including entrepreneurship, film-making, arts and mother tongue language training , offering job-search, capacity building workshops, research , promotion of black history and other general charitable activities

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£71k
Latest spending
£71k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The Benin Trust reported a surplus for the year ended 31 October 2024, with total income of £75,972 and total expenditure of £63,710. The charity holds total reserves of £17,625, comprising £7,525 in unrestricted funds and £10,100 in restricted funds. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the approval date.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Benin · Nigeria · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2024£71k£71k
31/10/2023£76k£64k
31/10/2022£67k£16k
31/10/2021£36k£35k
31/10/2020£23k£23k

Common questions

Is THE BENIN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The Benin Trust reported a surplus for the year ended 31 October 2024, with total income of £75,972 and total expenditure of £63,710. The charity holds total reserves of £17,625, comprising £7,525 in unrestricted funds and £10,100 in restricted funds. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the approval date. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/07/2022£10kAfrofest: A Platinum Jubilee Celebration
The National Lottery Heritage Fund08/06/2022£84k"EBIRA TRADITIONAL WEAVING RESEARCH PROJECT"