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THE ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 206524 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Actors' Trust

To give relief, advice, welfare or assistance to members of the acting and stage management professions who cannot work for reasons outside of their control, particularly accident, illness or old age, and to their spouses, partners and dependants.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£2.3m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total expenditure of £2.34M exceeded total income of £1.90M, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. However, the charity holds substantial free/unrestricted reserves of £31.4m, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to meet commitments and continue operations. The charity plans to draw down up to £3m from investments to fund strategic changes with a target to return to a balanced budget by 2029.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between £33-£39m (held: £31.4m)
“the trustees have reviewed the reserves policy and agreed that an appropriate range of reserves for our charity is to hold between £33-£39m.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe UK LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£2.3m
Cost of raising funds
£324k
Reserves (reported)
£31.4m
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~161.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 17.0% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.9m£2.3m
31/12/2024£1.9m£2.7m
31/12/2023£2.1m£2.2m
31/12/2022£1.6m£1.8m
31/12/2021£1.8m£1.7m

Common questions

Is THE ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total expenditure of £2.34M exceeded total income of £1.90M, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. However, the charity holds substantial free/unrestricted reserves of £31.4m, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to meet commitments and continue operations. The charity plans to draw down up to £3m from investments to fund strategic changes with a target to return to a balanced budget by 2029. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe UK LLP.

Who funds THE ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND as a grant recipient include The Patricia Routledge Foundation, THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS).

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2024£5k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)FY2022£3k
The Patricia Routledge FoundationFY2022£3k

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
ACTING FOR OTHERS3£39k
THE MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION2£49k
HUO FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED1£204k
THE CHARLES SKEY CHARITABLE TRUST1£65k
THE OFENHEIM CHARITABLE TRUST1£48k
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST1£35k
THE KATHLEEN SMITH FOUNDATION1£30k
CECIL PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST1£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ACTORS' CHILDREN'S TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND£1.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE ACTORS' CHILDREN'S TRUST FY2025£230k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL THEATRICAL FUND FY2025£679k—0above—no doubt
ACTING FOR OTHERS FY2025£211k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FILM AND TELEVISION CHARITY FY2025£2.7m—4unclear—no doubt
MUSICIANS BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£5.7m—14unclear—no doubt

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