# The Institute of Physics Benevolent Fund

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 209746
- **Other names:** INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS BENEVOLENT FUND, THE BENEVOLENT FUND ADMINISTERED BY THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=209746


## Contact

- **Address:** Institute of Physics, 37 Caledonian Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1 9BU
- **Phone:** 07771757944
- **Email:** benfund@iop.org
- **Website:** http://www.iop.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PRIMARY AIM OF THE CHARITY IS TO PROVIDE ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND SUCH OTHER PERSONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME WHO ARE FACING SERIOUS FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER CRITICAL NEED WITH ASSISTANCE DESIGNED TO ALLEVIATE THE CAUSES OF THEIR ADVERSITY

**Activities:** The fund was formed in 1924. The sole object of the fund is: "To help necessitous persons who are or have been members of the Institute of Physics (whether subscribers or not), their wives, and children or widows or dependent relatives, or in exceptional cases, to help Physicists or the dependents who are not or have never been members of the Institute".

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £71657 | £50856 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £56293 | £27628 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £48098 | £59898 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £44671 | £45619 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £42504 | £54146 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PROFESSOR JULIAN JONES OBE** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 7, 2012
- Brian Fulton — appointed April 22, 2021
- Dr Gayle Calverley-Miles — appointed Jan. 18, 2024
- Professor Paul Hardaker — appointed Jan. 27, 2026
- Professor Stephen Frederick Keevil — appointed April 1, 2025
- Professor Stuart Beaumont Palmer — appointed Nov. 7, 2012
- Simon James Peter Prendiville — appointed Nov. 18, 2015
- Yvonne Kavanagh — appointed Jan. 1, 2025