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Registered charity · Bristol

BT Benevolent Fund

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £1.6m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.benevolent.bt.com (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1963

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1.6m£1.1m
  • 2024£1.2m£982k
  • 2023£1.3m£1.0m
Earlier years
  • 2022£1.2m£808k
  • 2021£1.1m£773k
Charitable objects

TO THE RELIEF (BY WAY OF A GIFT OR IN SUCH MANNER AS THE COMMITTEE MAY DECIDE) OF CASES OF DISTRESS CAUSED BY:- (1) THE DECEASE OF PRESENT OR PAST MEMBERS OF THE STAFF OF BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND/OR BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC OR PAST MEMBERS OF THE CLERICAL OR TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL OR OF PRESENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS STAFF SUPERANNUATION SCHEME OR THE BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC NEW PENSION SCHEME OR OF PAST MEMBERS OF THE CLERICAL OR TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE POST OFFICE WHO WERE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FUND ON 31ST OCTOBER 1986. (2) THE RETIREMENT OF ANY PERSONS MENTIONED IN (1) ABOVE FROM THE SERVICE OF BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS, BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC, THE POST OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, THE MINISTRY OF POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL SAVINGS OR ANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT TO WHICH SUCH PERSONS SHALL HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED AFTER SERVICE IN THE SAID MINISTRY OR THE SAID DEPARTMENT (3) THE REDUCTION OF PAY OF ANY PERSONS MENTIONED IN (1) ABOVE OWING TO PROLONGED SICK LEAVE WHILE THEY ARE SERVING WITH BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC, THE POST OFFICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL SAVINGS OR ANY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS TO WHICH SUCH PERSONS SHALL HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED AFTER SERVICE IN THE SAID DEPARTMENT OR IN THE MINISTRY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS. (4) OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ADVERSELY AFFECTING SUCH PERSONS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS.

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.

7 trustees on the board

13.3y median 11y
average tenure
21y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

0
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 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across 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£1.2m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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.

75.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 61.1 in 2020

7 from 7 in 2020
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
212565
Status
Registered
Governing document
RULES ADOPTED 10 NOV 1981AS AMENDED ON 16 JUL 1987AS AMENDED ON 08 JUL 1988AS AMENDED ON 20 APR 1989AS AMENDED ON 26 JUL 1990AS AMENDED ON 09 JUL 1992AS AMENDED ON 03 JUL 1996AS AMENDED ON 13 JUN 2005AS AMENDED ON 30 JUL 2014 as amended on 01 Sept 2025
Contact on the register
08007565555 · benevolent@bt.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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