MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF BENEVOLENT FUND ASSOCIATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 24 June 1964
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
Latest income: £36,275
Latest expenditure: £22,000
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: C/O UKRI ( MRC)-FLOOR 5 AND 6, 157-197 BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD, LONDON, SW1W 9SP

Website recorded by the regulator: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/mrc/working-for-us/mrc-staff-benevolent-fund-association/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Charity helps present and retired members of staff and their families who experience financial difficulties. Each case is assessed on its own merits.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 28 July 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £36,275
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,000

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 3 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £30,352
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,025

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 23 June 2024
Date Accounts Received: 26 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £31,053
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,217

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 24 July 2023
Date Accounts Received: 24 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £25,969
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,947

Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 July 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 29 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £24,847
Total Gross Expenditure: £19,171

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2026
Ar Received Date: 28 July 2026
Total Gross Income: £36,275
Total Gross Expenditure: £22,000
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: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2025
Ar Received Date: 3 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £30,352
Total Gross Expenditure: £14,025
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: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2024
Ar Received Date: 23 June 2024
Total Gross Income: £31,053
Total Gross Expenditure: £12,217
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: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2023
Ar Received Date: 24 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £25,969
Total Gross Expenditure: £21,947
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: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 October 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 September 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 July 2022
Ar Received Date: 29 July 2022
Total Gross Income: £24,847
Total Gross Expenditure: £19,171
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: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

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

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF BENEVOLENT FUND ASSOCIATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1964-06-24T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION AND RULES ADOPTED 7 FEBRUARY 1964 AS AMENDED ON 19 MAY 1970, 15 FEBRUARY 1971, 7 AUGUST 1973, 20 JULY 1976, 17 MARCH 1980, 25 MARCH 1988, 30 MARCH 1990, 30 MARCH 1994 AND 26 JUNE 2002
Charitable Objects: THE RELIEF OF NECESSITOUS PERSONS WHO ARE MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, FORMER MEMBERS OR DEPENDANTS OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL'S STAFF AND THE GRANTING OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OTHER SIMILAR ASSOCIATIONS FOR THE RELIEF OF NECESSITOUS PERSONS. FOR FULL DETAILS SEE RULES AS MOST RECENTLY AMENDED.
Area Of Benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling