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Registered charity · London

Unite the Union Benevolent Fund

  • 5 trustees
  • Income £149k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
General Charitable Purposes
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.unitetheunion.com/member_services/unite_the_union_benevolent_fun.aspx (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£149k£204k
  • 2024£184k£201k
  • 2023£166k£133k
Earlier years
  • 2022£108k£111k
  • 2021£191k£165k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO MEMBERS OR EMPLOYEES OR EX-EMPLOYEES OF UNITE THE UNION OR ANY SUCCESSOR UNION (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "THE UNION") OR THEIR DEPENDANTS, WHO MAY BE IN DISTRESSED CIRCUMSTANCES;(B) TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC WHETHER MEMBERS OF THE UNION OR NOT, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE FUND;(C) TO MAKE MONETARY GRANTS OR DONATIONS OR RENDER OTHER ASSISTANCE TO ANY INSTITUTION OR ASSOCIATION WHICH CAN ALSO RENDER BENEFITS OR ASSISTANCE TO DISTRESSED PERSONS AS MORE SPECIFICALLY REFERRED TO IN CLAUSES (A) OR (B) ABOVE.

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.

5 trustees on the board

1y median 1y
average tenure
1y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
0.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

0
company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 5

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board
  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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£184k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
228567
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION AND REGULATIONS DATED DECEMBER 1964 AS AMENDED 11TH APRIL 1979 AND 12TH MARCH 1991 AND 17 MARCH 1998, AND 15 NOVEMBER 2007.
Contact on the register
020 7611 2500 · benevolentfund@unitetheunion.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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