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Registered charity · Birmingham

The Benevolent Society

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £147k (2024)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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

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About

What it does
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.thebenevolentsociety.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1962

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£147k£221k
  • 2023£92k£169k
  • 2022£149k£125k
Earlier years
  • 2021£83k£177k
  • 2020£73k£99k

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO ASSIST FINANCIALLY PERSONS, OR THEIR DEPENDANTS, WORKING OR PREVIOUSLY HAVING WORKED IN THE TRADES EMBRACED BY THE BRITISH ALLIED TRADES FEDERATION WHO IN OLD AGE OR THROUGH INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT OR ILL HEALTH ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED; TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND TRAINING BY PROVIDING FOR BURSARIES OR OTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

Grants received

1 grant · £75,000 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

Most recent

Board analysis

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.

8 trustees on the board

5.6y median 4y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Arts/culture/heritage/science 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£147k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
208722
Status
Registered
Governing document
FOUNDED IN 1924 (SEE COPY OF RULES AND REGULATIONS AMENDED 6TH JUNE 1944, 2ND JUNE 1980 AND 11 JUNE 1996) AS AMENDED 23 SEPTEMBER 1999 AND 17TH JUNE 2004CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED ON 16 JUN 2016AS AMENDED ON 16 JUN 2016
Contact on the register
01212371138 · laura.b.banner@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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