# THE PLANTERS' BENEVOLENT FUND OF CEYLON

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 298706
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Feb. 18, 1988
- **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=298706


## Contact

- **Address:** 6 Blofield Corner Road, Blofield, Norwich
- **Postcode:** NR13 4RT
- **Phone:** 01603714501
- **Email:** pbf@acurita.com



## Activities

**Objects:** "TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS OF EUROPEAN BIRTH WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE PLANTING COMMUNITY OF SRI LANKA (CEYLON) AND THEIR DEPENDANT RELATIVES IN NEED RESTRICTED TO THE WIVES, WIDOWS AND CHILDREN OF SUCH PERSONS"

**Activities:** The object of the Fund is to relieve poverty amongst persons of European birth who are or have been members of the planting community of Sri Lanka and their dependant relatives in need, restricted to the wives, widows and dependant children of such persons.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Areas of operation

- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £5457 | £14330 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £5400 | £13581 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £5800 | £15123 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £7493 | £20466 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £8228 | £20039 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Brigadier David James Innes OBE** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 16, 2017
- Christopher Charles Brooke Smith — appointed Nov. 25, 2025
- DAVID MCCALL
- NICHOLAS MARDEN — appointed Nov. 21, 2022