THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Registered charity 208722 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH JEWELLERY AND GIFTWARE FEDERATION BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, BRITISH JEWELLERY GIFTWARE & FINISHING FEDERATION BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, THE BRITISH JEWELLERY GIFTWARE AND LEATHERGOODS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

To assist financially persons, or their dependants, working, or previously having worked in the trades embraced by the British Allied Trades Federation who through infirmity, disablement, ill health or other disadvantage are in conditions of need. To support education and training by providing for bursaries or other financial support to those working or intending to work in the trades.

Objects

TO ASSIST FINANCIALLY PERSONS, OR THEIR DEPENDANTS, WORKING OR PREVIOUSLY HAVING WORKED IN THE TRADES EMBRACED BY THE BRITISH ALLIED TRADES FEDERATION WHO IN OLD AGE OR THROUGH INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT OR ILL HEALTH ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED; TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND TRAINING BY PROVIDING FOR BURSARIES OR OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £22,415 for the year, which was significantly better than the projected net loss of £58,520. Unrestricted reserves increased to £1,044,727, exceeding the stated policy target of £600,000, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Benevolent Society (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Morton
• Gary Wroe
• Gay Penfold
• Henrik Skouby
• MARIE GERALDINE BRENNAN
• Meg Hawkins
• Sarah Jordan · trustee of 1 other charity
• Stuart Wibberley

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TIMBER TRADES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

• THE TIMBER TRADES' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £222k
• SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES income £176k
• THE VOLUNTARY NETWORK income £703k
• AID THE NEEDY income £104k
• SOCIAL WORKERS BENEVOLENT TRUST income £96k
• BSC Multicultural Services income £319k

Side by side with its peers

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