BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION

Registered charity 212022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Institution is the assistance of:- Persons in need who have been (or who are) engaged in the building trade as Master Builders, and- The wives, widows and children of any such persons being in need of assistance.

Objects

THE ASSISTANCE OF (I) PERSONS IN NEED WHO HAVE BEEN (OR WHO ARE) ENGAGED IN THE BUILDING TRADE AS MASTER BUILDERS (II) THE WIVES, WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF ANY SUCH PERSONS BEING IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Chelmsford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£10k

Latest spending

£72k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £100,452, driven primarily by investment gains of £114,805, while operational expenditure exceeded incoming resources from donations and investment income. Free reserves stood at £1,614,734, which is above the trustees' stated target of approximately £1.5 million required to meet long-term beneficiary obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £1.5 million (reserves figure: £1.6m)

“The Trustees are therefore of the opinion that levels of reserves of approximately £1.5 million are required to ensure that the Charity can continue to meet its obligations” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Trustee T. Rayner received £5,161 in expenses for day-to-day running of activities.

“Throughout the year one of the trustees of the charity, T.Rayner, has dealt with the day to day running of its activities and was paid £5,161 (2023 : £6,321) in expenses.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustee T. Rayner received expenses for day-to-day running of activities.

“Throughout the year one of the trustees of the charity, T.Rayner, has dealt with the day to day running of its activities and was paid £5,161 (2023 : £6,321) in expenses.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Investment

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 31/12/2023

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

John Snellingchair
Brian Phoenix
Charles Crowe
DAVID ALFRED JAMES
KEN HEAD
MARGARET CROWE
Roger Poulton
Tim Rayner

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£10k	£72k
31/12/2024	£51k	£65k
31/12/2023	£57k	£70k
31/12/2022	£55k	£69k
31/12/2021	£61k	£68k

Common questions

Is BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £100,452, driven primarily by investment gains of £114,805, while operational expenditure exceeded incoming resources from donations and investment income. Free reserves stood at £1,614,734, which is above the trustees' stated target of approximately £1.5 million required to meet long-term beneficiary obligations. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION as a grant recipient include DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£6k	Youth and Welfare
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Youth and Welfare
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£4k	Youth and Welfare
DUDLEY AND GEOFFREY COX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Youth and Welfare

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Trillium Trust UK	1	£359k
THE DASHLIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£121k
THE HAPPOLD FOUNDATION	1	£120k
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation	1	£108k
HALCROW FOUNDATION	1	£77k
EDITH MURPHY FOUNDATION	1	£73k
The Goldsmiths' Foundation	1	£65k
BLISS FAMILY CHARITY	1	£57k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BUILDERS HOUSE.

THE BUILDERS HOUSE income £51k
THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY income £149k
THE BARRISTERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION income £559k
BAND OF BUILDERS income £794k
BUILD IT INTERNATIONAL income £1.3m
WEST BROMWICH BUILDING SOCIETY FOUNDATION income £354k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION	£10k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BUILDERS HOUSE FY2025	£51k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY FY2025	£149k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BARRISTERS' BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FY2025	£559k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BAND OF BUILDERS FY2025	£794k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
BUILD IT INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£1.3m	—	—	unclear	14.4%	no doubt

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