BEN - MOTOR AND ALLIED TRADES BENEVOLENT FUND

Registered charity 297877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEN · also registered in Scotland as SC039842 (OSCR)

BEN provides financial support and facilities to people and their close dependants, resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland, who are working or have worked in a qualifying trade or industry.BEN currently operates Welfare Offices in Ascot, Birmingham, Northern England and Scotland; Nursing and Residential Centres in Ascot, Rugby, and Berwick-upon-Tweed; Day Care Centre in Coventry.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £1.1m for the year, primarily due to a significant unrealised loss on investments, while operational cash flow remained positive. Free reserves were £5.5m, which the trustees note is broadly in line with their policy target of four months' operating expenses. The charity is transitioning its strategic focus and has completed the transfer of its care and village operations, which generated approximately £42m in net proceeds post-year-end.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02163894

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ben Support For Life (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.

• WILKES, Pia Randbo Jepsen — director, appointed 04/08/2026on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Darren Lee — director, appointed 04/08/2026on trustee list
• HEWETT, Jonathan David — director, appointed 04/08/2026on trustee list
• HOARE, Georgina Marion Isabel — director, appointed 04/08/2026not on trustee list
• OTON, Damian Mark — director, appointed 04/08/2026on trustee list
• NEWTON, Tracey Ann — director, appointed 07/09/2023on trustee list
• LATHAM, Katherine Jane — director, appointed 04/05/2023on trustee list
• DALTON, William John Harling — director, appointed 27/02/2020on trustee list
• HALL, Shirley Helen — director, appointed 27/02/2020on trustee list
• OUTHWAITE, Mark Robert Canning — director, appointed 20/09/2018on trustee list
• SMITH, Martin — secretary, appointed 21/07/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

CQC provider record: BEN - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund — Deregistered, 6 registered locations, last inspected 12/05/2023.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jonathan David Hewettchair
• Damian Mark Oton
• Darren Lee Edwards
• Katherine Jane Latham
• Mark Robert Canning Outhwaite
• Pia Randbo Jepsen Wilkes
• Shirley Helen Hall
• Tracey Ann Newton
• William John Harling Dalton · trustee of 3 other charities

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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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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