THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY

Registered charity 212450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY, FOUNDED BY THE LATE PETER HERVÉ, NATIONAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, NATIONAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION, FOUNDED BY THE LATE PETER HERVÉ, NBI, THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION (FOUNDED BY THE LATE PETER HERVE)

Grant Making for relief of poverty

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£430k

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity reported a net expenditure of £1,286,023 for the year, driven by a £345,063 loss on investments and total charitable expenditure of £1,218,091. Despite this loss, the Charity maintains a strong balance sheet with total net assets of £25,007,512 and unrestricted funds of £23,267,941. The Trustees confirm the Charity has sufficient resources to continue operating for the near future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £23.3m)

“The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves equivalent to three months’ operational expenditure. This ensures sufficient funds are available for management, administration and beneficiary support. Currently, the target reserve is £300,000”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Randall & Payne LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

The Henderson Bequest — “The Henderson Bequest* intends to amend its objects to the objects of the National Benevolent Charity**” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£811k

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£100k

Reserves (reported)

£300k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (44% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 12.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/07/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (19/07/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

James Stephen Golobchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Elizabeth Claire MAXWELL
GRAHAME NICHOLSON
Hazel Sewell
John Charles Churchill
Margaret Playle
Nishil Patel
Richard Bruce Davies Bromilow
VICTORIA DANIELL

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	£430k	£1.4m
31/12/2024	£811k	£1.1m
31/12/2023	£868k	£1.1m
31/12/2022	£1.4m	£988k
31/12/2021	£997k	£604k

Common questions

Is THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity reported a net expenditure of £1,286,023 for the year, driven by a £345,063 loss on investments and total charitable expenditure of £1,218,091. Despite this loss, the Charity maintains a strong balance sheet with total net assets of £25,007,512 and unrestricted funds of £23,267,941. The Trustees confirm the Charity has sufficient resources to continue operating for the near future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Randall & Payne LLP.

Who funds THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY as a grant recipient include UNSEEN (UK), THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST, G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
UNSEEN (UK)	FY2025	£15k	General
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£9k
THE LOPPYLUGS AND BARBARA MORRISON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£8k	general charitable objectives
G F EYRE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£800	Donation

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 JD FOUNDATION	1	£561k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
RNH SYNAGOGUE & COLLEGE LTD	1	£75k
STARLOW CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£70k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED	1	£53k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£43k
THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£22k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM.

YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH income £133k
BNJC income £4.1m
REGIONS BEYOND UK income £353k
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD income £175k
SPECIAL SPIRITS income £490k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NATIONAL BENEVOLENT CHARITY	£430k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025	£133k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BNJC FY2025	£4.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REGIONS BEYOND UK FY2024	£353k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE REISNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£175k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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