# TRANSPORT BENEVOLENT FUND (CIO)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1160901
- **Other names:** TBF ( CIO)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 16, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1160901


## Contact

- **Address:** Transport Benevolent Fund CIO, 2.7 The Loom, 14 Gowers Walk, London
- **Postcode:** E1 8PY
- **Phone:** 03003332000
- **Email:** help@tbf.org.uk
- **Website:** www.tbf.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE RELIEF OF NEED HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR DEPENDANTS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE:“BENEFICIARY” MEANS A PERSON WHO IS OR HAS AT ANY TIME BEEN EMPLOYED OR ENGAGED IN ANY WAY IN ANY BUSINESS CONCERNED WHOLLY OR PARTLY WITH THE PROVISION OF ANY FORM OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT EITHER WITHIN OR TO OR FROM ANY PART OF GREAT BRITAIN WHO IS ACCEPTED BY THE TRUSTEES AS BEING FOR THE TIME BEING ENTITLED TO CONSIDERATION FOR RELIEF. “DEPENDANT” MEANS A PERSON WHO IS FOR THE TIME BEING WHOLLY OR PARTLY DEPENDENT FOR SUPPORT ON THE BENEFICIARY IN RELATION TO WHOM HE IS DESCRIBED AS A DEPENDANT OR IF THAT BENEFICIARY IS DEAD WAS SO DEPENDENT AT THE TIME OF THE BENEFICIARY’S DEATH.

**Activities:** TO RELIEVE NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AMONG THOSE ENGAGED IN THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT INDUSTRY WITHIN GREAT BRITAIN (OR WHO HAVE BEEN SO ENGAGED), ALONG WITH THEIR DEPENDANTS.TBF IS A MEMBERSHIP CHARITY AND MOST BENEFITS ARE RESTRICTED TO THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO IT. THE MAIN EXCEPTION IS THAT THOSE NOMINATED BY TRANSPORT FOR LONDON MAY BE HELPED FROM A SEPARATE TFL STAFF WELFARE FUND.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £5176000 | £5085000 | £7924000 | 25 |
| March 31, 2024 | £4962000 | £4766000 | £7808000 | 26 |
| March 31, 2023 | £4797000 | £4320000 | £7251000 | 23 |
| March 31, 2022 | £5124000 | £4331000 | £7111000 | 24 |
| March 31, 2021 | £4575000 | £3635000 | £6239000 | 23 |



## Trustees

- **ROBERT HOWARD JONES** (Chair) — appointed March 16, 2015
- Delroy White — appointed Jan. 17, 2023
- MICHAEL KEANE — appointed Feb. 21, 2019
- Nicola Buckley — appointed Jan. 6, 2026
- Olubunmi Ayoade Sutton — appointed Feb. 12, 2025
- Ravinder Kaur Kalsi — appointed May 24, 2019
- Sharon Hilley — appointed Jan. 17, 2023
- Stephen Dadswell — appointed Jan. 20, 2022