URWICK BENEVOLENT LIMITED

Registered charity 1120865 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objects are to fund projects in the UK and overseas that work for the benefit of children/young people in the areas of medical health, poverty relief, education as well as those focused on environment and conservation.

Objects

1) TO PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND FUNDING FOR PROJECTS AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION.2) TO PROTECT AND CONSERVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND FUNDING FOR PROJECTS AT THE TRUSTEES DISCRETION.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£12k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £3,027,005, which the Trustees note is far exceeding their level of expenditure. The charity holds these reserves to ensure it can continue to make grants to beneficiaries as needs arise, with a policy to maintain sufficient funds for this purpose. Despite a net loss on investments of £326,614, the overall financial position remains strong with significant unrestricted reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to continue to make grants to beneficiaries as the need arises (reserves figure: £3.0m)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level sufficient to continue to make grants to beneficiaries as the need arises.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£30k£12k
31/03/2024£26k£9k
31/03/2023£24k£59k
31/03/2022£14k£34k
31/03/2021£7k£34k

Common questions

Is URWICK BENEVOLENT LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £3,027,005, which the Trustees note is far exceeding their level of expenditure. The charity holds these reserves to ensure it can continue to make grants to beneficiaries as needs arise, with a policy to maintain sufficient funds for this purpose. Despite a net loss on investments of £326,614, the overall financial position remains strong with significant unrestricted reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED1£1.8m

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
URWICK BENEVOLENT LIMITED£30k—0above—no doubt
MRS WINGFIELD'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
ROBYN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£98k—0above—no doubt
URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA) FY2025£209k——unclear—no doubt
THE UNDERWOOD TRUST FY2026£12.4m—0unclear—no doubt

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