# METROPOLITAN POLICE BENEVOLENT FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1125409
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Aug. 7, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1125409


## Contact

- **Address:** MPS Charities Section, 2nd Floor (South), Kilburn Police Station, 38 Salusbury Road, London
- **Postcode:** NW6 6LT
- **Phone:** 020 7161 0265
- **Email:** welfarefunds@met.police.uk
- **Website:** www.met.police.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 2.2.1 TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF:2.2.1.1 OFFICERS OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE (MPS);2.2.1.2 FORMER OFFICERS (INCLUDING RETIRED OFFICERS ON MPS PENSIONS) OFTHE MPS;2.2.1.3 WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS OF SERVING AND RETIRED OFFICERS OF THEMPS (TO INCLUDE REGISTERED CIVIL PARTNERS OF DECEASED OFFICERSAND DECEASED RETIRED OFFICERS AND UNMARRIED PARTNERS OFDECEASED OFFICERS AND DECEASED RETIRED OFFICERS WHO COMPLETEDA JOINT DECLARATION FOR THE PROVISION OF POLICE PENSION SURVIVORBENEFITS OR ENTITLEMENTS);2.2.1 A DEPENDANTS OF OFFICERS AND FORMER OFFICERS OF THE MPS, TOINCLUDE DEPENDANTS OF DECEASED OFFICERS AND DECEASED FORMEROFFICERS OF THE MPS;2.2.1.5 OFFICERS AND FORMER OFFICERS OF THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE;2.2.1.6 NECESSITOUS ORPHANS OF OFFICERS AND FORMER OFFICERS OF THE MPSAND THE CITY OF LONDON POLICE (WHERE ORPHANS SHALL INCLUDETHOSE AS DEFINED IN THE RULES OF THE METROPOLITAN AND CITYPOLICE ORPHANS FUND (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 234787) (THEORPHANS FUND));2.2.2 IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:2.2.2.1 ASSISTING THOSE WHO QUALIFY UNDER CLAUSE 2.2.1.1 AND WHO ARESICK OR INJURED;2.2.2.2 ASSISTING THOSE WHO QUALIFY UNDER CLAUSES 2.2.1.1, 2.2.1.3 AND2.2.1.6 AND WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;2.2.2.3 ASSISTING THOSE WHO QUALIFY UNDER CLAUSES 2.2.1.1, 2.2.1.2 AND2.2.1.5 WHO ARE CONSIDERED DESERVING OF ASSISTANCE ON ACCOUNTOF SICKNESS (WHETHER OF THEMSELVES OR THEIR FAMILIES) OR OFINJURIES RECEIVED IN THE COURSE OF THEIR DUTIES OR FOR ANY OTHERREASON;2.2.2.4 MAKING GRANTS TO SUCH OTHER CHARITIES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIMEEXIST FOR THE RELIEF OF THOSE DESCRIBED IN CLAUSES 2.2.1.4 AND2.2.1.6 INCLUDING THE ORPHANS FUND;2.2.2.5 ASSISTING THOSE WHO QUALIFY UNDER CLAUSES 2.2.1.1 TO 2^2.1.6INCLUSIVE IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, PROVIDEDTHAT THESE SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE2.3 THE TRUSTEES MUST USE THE INCOME AND MAY USE THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST IN PROMOTINGTHE OBJECTS

**Activities:** Provides financial assistance to serving, retired and ex Metropolitan Police Officers and their dependants in need by way of a monetary grant or interest free loan.  Also allows officers free access to Flint House, the Police Rehabilitation Centre in Goring, where necessary and supports the Metropolitan and City Police Orphans Fund




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL
- Throughout London





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Ade Adelekan |  | Jan. 22, 2024 |
| Clive Aplin |  | Oct. 16, 2024 |
| Duncan Slade |  | June 6, 2023 |
| Gavin Gaskain |  | Jan. 16, 2020 |
| Jonathan Osborne |  | April 30, 2019 |
| Matthew Cane |  | July 3, 2024 |
| Phil Van Tromp |  | Dec. 18, 2017 |
| Rachel Walmsley |  | Oct. 24, 2022 |
| Scott Reddy |  | June 16, 2025 |
| Steve George |  | Jan. 23, 2024 |




