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 total360Giving 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
- The Goldsmiths' Foundation · £75,000
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
- Andrew Morton since 2025
- Gary Wroe since 2014
- Gay Penfold since 2014
- Henrik Skouby since 2019
- Marie Geraldine Brennan
- Meg Hawkins since 2022
- Sarah Jordan since 2024
- Stuart Wibberley since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Gary Wroe since 2014
- Gay Penfold since 2014
- Henrik Skouby since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Andrew Morton since 2025
- Gary Wroe since 2014
- Gay Penfold since 2014
- Henrik Skouby since 2019
- Marie Geraldine Brennan
- Meg Hawkins since 2022
- Stuart Wibberley since 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Sarah Jordan since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
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
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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