# RAILWAY BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 206312
- **Other names:** RAILWAY BENEFIT FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 10, 1964
- **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=206312


## Contact

- **Address:** 1st Floor, Millenium House, 40 Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire
- **Postcode:** CW2 6AD
- **Phone:** 03452412885
- **Email:** info@railwaybenefitfund.org.uk
- **Website:** www.railwaybenefitfund.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE AGED OR DISABLED OR NECESSITOUS RAILWAYMEN, THEIR SPOUSES OR CHILDREN, OR OTHER RELATIVES OR PERSONS WHO WERE IMMEDIATELY AND WHOLLY OR PARTLY DEPENDENT UPON THEM.

**Activities:** The RBF is the working name used by the Railway Benevolent Institution and exists to help both active and retired railway people in need through the provision of financial grants.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £555520 | £810715 | £2939715 | 9 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £415501 | £839669 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £583028 | £826452 | £3525063 | 9 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £404636 | £633460 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £330364 | £530922 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **David Horne** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 13, 2024
- Anna-jane Hunter — appointed Jan. 1, 2026
- Ciaran Thomas Barr — appointed Nov. 29, 2017
- Faye Rebecca Scadden — appointed Sept. 13, 2023
- Fiona Irvine — appointed March 19, 2025
- Janet Elizabeth Goodland — appointed Oct. 9, 2013
- Margaret Joyce Simpson — appointed Nov. 27, 2019
- Michael Joseph Cash — appointed Dec. 1, 2021
- Paula Jane Hayes — appointed June 26, 2016
- Samantha Turner — appointed Aug. 29, 2024
- Stuart Mackcracken — appointed March 19, 2025