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W H Smith Benevolent Fund

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
262581
Status
Registered
Reporting
Up to date Last filed Jan. 26, 2026. Filing history
Registered
June 23, 1971
Legal form
Other

Address

Address
WH Smith Benevolent Fund
West Wing First Floor
Windmill Hill Business Park
Whitehill Way
Swindon
SN5 6PB

Contact

Phone
07790 956639
Email
benfund@whsmith.co.uk

Activities

Provide financial support to both serving and retired members of staff along with dependent family members who find themselves in severe financial difficulties, through no fault of their own. Provide recuperative holidays following long term sickness or after major surgery and support with palliative holidays for staff.

Objects: Grants To Employees And Ex-Employees Of The W H Smith Group And Their Dependents, Being Poor And Necessitous

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Individuals
What
General Charitable Purposes
Who
Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Geography

Country
Australia, France, Germany, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Isle Of Man, Italy, Jersey, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Qatar, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, United States
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Filed Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 Jan. 26, 2026On time £190,161 £193,176
March 31, 2024 Nov. 15, 2024On time £177,593 £293,823
March 31, 2023 Nov. 29, 2023On time £209,232 £248,184
March 31, 2022 Nov. 23, 2022On time £153,137 £229,760
March 31, 2021 Nov. 5, 2021On time £155,359 £415,189

Trustees

Name Appointed
Hadley Graham Watling Sept. 29, 2025
Jennifer Theresa Angela Elliott Sept. 29, 2025
Michal Pawel Blaszewski Sept. 29, 2025