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Registered charity · Shurdington

The National Benevolent Charity

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £430k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.natben.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
National Benevolent Charity
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£430k£1.4m
  • 2024£811k£1.1m
  • 2023£868k£1.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.4m£988k
  • 2021£997k£604k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF QUALIFYING PERSONS (AS DEFINED IN CLAUSE 4) WHO ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE BY REASON OF OLD AGE, INFIRMITY, SICKNESS OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

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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.

9 trustees on the board

4.6y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

1
company-linked trustees

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

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Education/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.

Arts and leisure 2Education 2Finance 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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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£430k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
212450
Status
Registered
Governing document
ROYAL CHARTER GRANTED 05/11/1859 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 17/03/1948 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 12/02/1997 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 19/07/2005 AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 14/12/2011 AND BYE LAWS DATED25/05/1955 AS AMENDED 01/07/1955, 15/01/1960, 11/06/1986AS AMENDED BY ORDER IN COUNCIL DATED 16 FEB 2022
Companies House
Company number RC000364 · Active
Contact on the register
01666505500 · office@natben.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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