UNITE THE UNION BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 228567 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BANKING INSURANCE AND FINANCE UNION BENEVOLENT FUND, UNIFI BENEVOLENT FUND

THE BENEVOLENT FUND FOR MEMBERS AND STAFF OF UNITE THE UNION.

Objects

(A) TO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES OR EX-EMPLOYEES OF UNITE THE UNION OR ANY SUCCESSOR UNION (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE UNION") OR THEIR DEPENDANTS, WHO MAY BE IN DISTRESSED CIRCUMSTANCES;(B) TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC WHETHER MEMBERS OF THE UNION OR NOT, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE FUND;(C) TO MAKE MONETARY GRANTS OR DONATIONS OR RENDER OTHER ASSISTANCE TO ANY INSTITUTION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH CAN ALSO RENDER BENEFITS OR ASSISTANCE TO DISTRESSED PERSONS AS MORE SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO IN CLAUSES (A) OR (B) ABOVE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £1,093,511 from £1,062,449 in the prior year, driven by investment growth and retained funds. The trustees report that uncommitted reserves are kept to a minimum and believe liquidity will not be materially affected by current economic conditions. The charity received an unqualified independent examiner's report confirming compliance with accounting records.

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 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 21/09/2024, 326 days after the 31/10/2023 due date); year ending 31/12/2021 (received 08/11/2022, 8 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• TIM HARPERchair
• Diane Mamie Hoyles
• Jemma Reavell
• Karl Andrew Dempster
• Stephen Skinner

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

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

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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