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THE ABTA BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 295819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABTA BEN, LIFELINE - THE ABTA CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENTS CHARITY

To provide financial support to employees or former employees of ABTA or ABTA member businesses who have demonstrated a financial need.

Objects

The relief of financial hardship among people who are or have been directors or employees of ABTA Ltd, travel agents, tour operators or other travel industry organisations involved in the provision of travel and tourism services in ABTA Membership, and their dependants

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£202k
Latest spending
£212k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £715,819, which the trustees consider sufficient in line with their policy of maintaining reserves at twice the level of annual expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £55,400, driven by investment gains and income from trading activities, despite total expenditure exceeding income from donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 No. 1 In the band £60,001 - £70,000” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: twice the level of annual expenditure (held: £716k)
“It is the policy of the trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a minimum reserve level at twice the level of annual expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: ABTA Limited donated services to the value of £38,897 (2024: £51,642). This amount has been included within donations income and charitable expenditure in 2025 and 2024 in these financial statements. An amount owed to ABTA Limited totalling £9,406 (2024: £9,740) is included within trade creditors in these financial statements.
“ABTA Limited donated services to the value of £38,897 (2024: £51,642). This amount has been included within donations income and charitable expenditure in 2025 and 2024 in these financial statements. An amount owed to ABTA Limited totalling £9,406 (2024: £9,740) is included within trade creditors in these financial statements.” — page 29
Per its FY2025 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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ABTA LifeLine (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£202k£212k
31/12/2024£277k£257k
31/12/2023£206k£222k
31/12/2022£148k£129k
31/12/2021£85k£131k

Common questions

Is THE ABTA BENEVOLENT FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £715,819, which the trustees consider sufficient in line with their policy of maintaining reserves at twice the level of annual expenditure. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £55,400, driven by investment gains and income from trading activities, despite total expenditure exceeding income from donations. 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 LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION1£105k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST1£100k
CSIS CHARITY FUND1£85k
The Patricia Routledge Foundation1£8k
THE GEORGE CADBURY TRUST (GEORGE HENRY T AND LAURENCE J CADBURY SECTIONS)1£3k

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 ABTA BENEVOLENT FUND£202k—1above—no doubt
The British Airways Benevolent Fund FY2024£120k—0above—no doubt
BT BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
TRANSPORT BENEVOLENT FUND (CIO) FY2025£5.2m——below—no doubt
THE BRITISH AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£106k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ACTORS' BENEVOLENT FUND FY2025£1.9m——unclear—no doubt

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