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Registered charity · Surrey

The Civil Service Benevolent Fund

For the public benefit, to relieve from suffering, hardship or distress (whether financial or otherwise), and to promote and sustain the wellbeing of Civil Servants, former Civil Servants, Public Body Employees or former Public Body Employees,...

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £5.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Also 2 organisations acting as trustee: Amrita Brember, Lorraine Jackson.

Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.cfcs.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The Civil Service Benevolent Fund
Registered
2010

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.6m£7.4m
  • 2024£4.6m£7.4m
  • 2023£4.4m£8.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£5.1m£8.6m
  • 2021£4.8m£7.9m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 20%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

For the public benefit, to relieve from suffering, hardship or distress (whether financial or otherwise), and to promote and sustain the wellbeing of Civil Servants, former Civil Servants, Public Body Employees or former Public Body Employees, employees and former employees of the Charity (and any predecessor organisation of it) and their dependants including without limitation by: i. offering lifelong practical, financial and emotional support, advice and guidance; ii. providing direct support to individuals, using other available channels to enable civil service communities to connect and support each other, and collaborating with other organisations.

Grants received

4 grants · £431,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Cabinet Office · £430,000 (3 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £1,000

Most recent

  • SHAREGIFT £1,0002025-11-18
  • Cabinet Office £110,0002020-04-01
  • Cabinet Office £110,0002019-04-01
  • Cabinet Office £210,0002018-04-01
Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

12 trustees on the board

1.4y median 1y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
3.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 11Education/training 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 10Professional services 2Education 1

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£5.6m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

41.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 50.9 in 2021

76 from 95 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1136870
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 16 JUNE 2010NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19/03/2015AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29/05/2015 as amended on 28 Jan 2020 as amended on 22 Sep 2021 as amended on 25 Jul 2025
Companies House
Company number 07286399 · Active
Contact on the register
08000562424 · hello@cfcs.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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