BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 12 December 1962
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £50,805
Latest expenditure: £65,158
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 76 Long Brandocks, Writtle, CHELMSFORD, CM1 3JP

Website recorded by the regulator: www.builderscharity.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The objects of the Institution is the assistance of:- Persons in need who have been (or who are) engaged in the building trade as Master Builders, and- The wives, widows and children of any such persons being in need of assistance.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 22 September 2025
Date Accounts Received: 22 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £50,805
Total Gross Expenditure: £65,158

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 18 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 18 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £57,279
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,961

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 4 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 4 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £54,685
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,134

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 28 June 2022
Date Accounts Received: 28 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £61,267
Total Gross Expenditure: £68,380

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 28 June 2021
Date Accounts Received: 28 June 2021
Total Gross Income: £55,079
Total Gross Expenditure: £74,186

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 22 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £50,805
Total Gross Expenditure: £65,158
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 18 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £57,279
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,961
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 4 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £54,685
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,134
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 28 June 2022
Total Gross Income: £61,267
Total Gross Expenditure: £68,380
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 8

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2021
Ar Received Date: 28 June 2021
Total Gross Income: £55,079
Total Gross Expenditure: £74,186
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: Yes
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: Yes
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1962-12-12T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: ESTABLISHED 1848. RULES ADOPTED 8 MARCH 1972 AS AMENDED 7 MARCH 1973, 26 MARCH 1975, 19 JULY 1995 AND 19 JULY 2006 as amended on 17 Nov 2021
Charitable Objects: THE ASSISTANCE OF (I) PERSONS IN NEED WHO HAVE BEEN (OR WHO ARE) ENGAGED IN THE BUILDING TRADE AS MASTER BUILDERS (II) THE WIVES, WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF ANY SUCH PERSONS BEING IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment