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THE BRITISH AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 229957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BALPA BENEVOLENT FUND

Applications considered only from current or retired British commercial airline pilots, flight engineers and winchmen and their dependants

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£106k
Latest spending
£99k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,260,899, which the trustees describe as putting the Fund in a strong position to meet future applications. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by sufficient cash and net assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Donations BBF@Virgin Pilots Together General 31,685 8,729 605 235,000 3,559”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to meet the urgent needs of qualifying individuals and to cover as best they may, unforeseen circumstances which may cause urgent demands on the fund (held: £2.3m)
“The trustees consider it essential to carry forward reserves sufficient to meet the urgent needs of qualifying individuals and to cover as best they may, unforeseen circumstances which may cause urgent demands on the fund.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£106k£99k
05/04/2024£284k£90k
05/04/2023£48k£65k
05/04/2022£52k£77k
05/04/2021£52k£84k

Common questions

Is THE BRITISH AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,260,899, which the trustees describe as putting the Fund in a strong position to meet future applications. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by sufficient cash and net assets. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE ANNANDALE CHARITABLE TRUST1£6k
THE JORON CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The British Airways Benevolent Fund.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BRITISH AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND£106k—0unclear—no doubt
The British Airways Benevolent Fund FY2024£120k—0above—no doubt
THE AIR PILOTS TRUST FY2025£284k—0above—no doubt
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£27.7m—19unclear17.9%no doubt
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND FY2024£2.4m——unclear21.3%no doubt
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE DEPENDANTS FUND FY2025£409k—0unclear—no doubt

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