BEN - Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund
Registered charity 297877 Registered since 1987
Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland
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Contact
| Website | www.ben.org.uk |
| info@ben.org.uk | |
| Phone | 01344 298100 |
| Address | c/o Blandy & Blandy, 1 Friar Street, READING, Berkshire, RG1 1DA |
Finances
£19,457,000 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £17,079,000 | £17,396,000 |
| 2022 | £16,587,000 | £17,670,000 |
| 2023 | £18,932,000 | £20,522,000 |
| 2024 | £20,533,000 | £22,420,000 |
| 2025 | £19,457,000 | £21,110,000 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housingEconomic/community Development/employmentRecreationOther Charitable PurposesWho
Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankindHow
Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable ActivitiesCharitable objects
Objects3.1. The Objects of the Charity are the prevention and relief of distress, sickness and poor health (whether mental or physical) and financial hardship by the provision of health and wellbeing services including advice, financial support and grants, health and wellness training, and information and literature3.1.1. primarily to those persons who are resident in the Area of Benefit (defined below); and3.1.2. who are working or who have worked in a qualifying trade or industry (defined below); or3.1.3. who are close dependants (defined below) of any person who satisfies the criteria in articles 3.1.2 and 3.1.3.and persons who fall within the criteria in articles 3.1.1, 3.1.2 and 3.1.3 are the Primary Beneficiaries3.1.4. and otherwise for the benefit of any persons who are not Primary Beneficiaries, but who are resident in the Area of BenefitFor the purposes of these Objects:3.2. the Area of Benefit shall mean England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland3.3. a qualifying trade or industry shall mean motor, engineering and allied trades and industries, including any trade business occupation profession or association which provides financial, insurance or other services or which originates or publishes material relating to those trades or industries or whose activities or any of them are ancillary to or connected with those trades or industries. The term ‘motor, engineering and allied trades and industries’ shall include any individual or body engaged in the manufacture, sale, repair or service of commercial vehicles, garage and service equipment, motor cars and coaches, motor bicycles, lubricants or propulsion fuel for any of them and the component parts of any of them or, in the case of an individual or body only partly so engaged, only those engaged solely in those activities; and3.4. a close dependent shall mean an individual who relies on a person who satisfies the criteria in articles 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 for financial or other support and includes the spouse or partner, parent, child, sibling, grandparent or grandchild (by blood or marriage) of that person
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 14/09/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 22/11/1990AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/07/1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/08/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/01/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/04/2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/09/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/04/2013 as amended on 26 Apr 2018 as amended on 05 Jul 2018
Trustees (5)
- William John Harling Daltonage 64 Chair since 2020
- Katherine Jane Lathamage 55 since 2023
- Mark Robert Canning Outhwaiteage 69 since 2018
- Shirley Helen Hallage 60 since 2020
- Tracey Ann Newtonage 50 since 2023
Linked company (Companies House)
BEN-Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund · 02163894 · Active
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 14/09/1987
6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.
Connected charities (2)
- The Sunninghill Trust 1 shared trustee
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