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royal medical benevolent fund

The charity supports other defined groups. Royal Medical Benevolent Fund is a registered charity whose purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty. It delivers its work by making grants to individuals. The charity is based in London and operates in England And Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

2.1 The objects of the Charity are to prevent or relieve poverty and to relieve need arising from youth, age, ill health, disability and bereavement among people who are doctors or who have worked as doctors, and medical students and the dependants of such individuals

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£1,803,719
Latest Expenditure
£1,620,975

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 76.4%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 85.1%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 19.2%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £689,219
Charitable Activities £0
Other Trading £13,679
Investments £1,100,821
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £1,378,898
Raising Funds £242,077
Governance £69,429
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2025£1,803,719£1,620,975£1,378,898£37,988,472£35,937,78212 / 200
2024£1,873,734£1,736,142£1,500,591£38,875,449£36,724,01113 / 200
2023£1,482,933£1,731,852£1,513,730£36,843,737£34,856,18112 / 200
2022£1,218,260£1,523,999£1,251,550£38,878,563£36,797,50813 / 200
2021£1,195,967£1,480,797£1,229,669£37,046,026£35,135,67413 / 200

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers