# RAILWAY BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; 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&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=206312


## Contact

- **Address:** 1st Floor, Millenium House, 40 Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire
- **Postcode:** CW2 6AD
- **Phone:** 0345 241 2885
- **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.




## 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



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

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



## Linked charities

- THE PROPRIETARY ANNUITIES FUND (206312-1)
- RELIEF OF DISTRESS AMONG WORKERS OF THE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY (206312-2)



