The British Airways Benevolent Fund

Registered charity 282480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH AIRWAYS BENEVOLENT FUND, BRITISH AIRWAYS WELFARE AND BENEVOLENT FUND

To provide grants for the purpose of relieving poverty amongst present and former employees of British Airways, their spouses and dependants.

Objects

FOR THE PURPOSE OF RELIEVING POVERTY AMONGST PRESENT AND FORMER EMPLOYEES OF BRITISH AIRWAYS (AND ITS PREDECESSOR COMPANIES OR CORPORATIONS) AND THEIR SPOUSES AND DEPENDANTS (INCLUDING THE SPOUSES AND DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED EMPLOYEES) AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY OR GOODS OR MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OF SERVICES OR OTHERWISE TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,939,537 at the end of the year, providing a strong asset position. The charity generated a net income of £125,611, supported by investment income and donations, while maintaining sufficient liquidity to continue operations without drawing on capital.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by KPMG LLP. 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amy James
• Charles Alan Wadsworth
• Douglas James Brown
• Giles Lowe
• Jill Rosemary Errington MBE
• Neil Kevin Gunnell
• Pauline Jorgensen

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

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

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND.

• THE BRITISH AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND income £106k
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £2.4m
• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT FUND income £27.7m
• THE ABTA BENEVOLENT FUND income £202k
• BT BENEVOLENT FUND income £1.6m
• THE STOCK EXCHANGE BENEVOLENT FUND income £773k

Side by side with its peers

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