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At a glance · official register
What are the key facts about W H Smith Benevolent Fund?
Reported income · year ending 2025-03-31
£190,161
Reported spending · year ending 2025-03-31
£193,176
Registered charity number
262581
Status in source extract
Registered
Charity type
Other
Register contact address detail (not service area)
West Wing First Floor
Registered for Gift Aid (HMRC)
Not recorded
Quick answer
W H Smith Benevolent Fund (number 262581) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does W H Smith Benevolent Fund do?
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.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for W H Smith Benevolent Fund
Answers W H Smith Benevolent Fund gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are W H Smith Benevolent Fund's highest-paid staff paid?
W H Smith Benevolent Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register does not record W H Smith Benevolent Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
W H Smith Benevolent Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Throughout England and Wales · Australia · France · Germany · Italy · Qatar · Ireland · Spain
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; The General Public/mankind.
Reported activities: Makes Grants To Individuals.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is W H Smith Benevolent Fund registered for?
General Charitable Purposes
Why is there no Clarity Score for W H Smith Benevolent Fund yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score W H Smith Benevolent Fund.
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Is W H Smith Benevolent Fund a legitimate charity?
The register data used for this profile lists W H Smith Benevolent Fund as a registered charity (number 262581) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is W H Smith Benevolent Fund's charity number?
W H Smith Benevolent Fund's charity number is 262581. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 262581?
Search 262581 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does W H Smith Benevolent Fund do?
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.
Does W H Smith Benevolent Fund have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for W H Smith Benevolent Fund. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to W H Smith Benevolent Fund?
W H Smith Benevolent Fund does not list a website in its register entry. Its official Charity Commission entry lists its contact details — CharityCompare never processes donations.
How much is W H Smith Benevolent Fund's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. W H Smith Benevolent Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to W H Smith Benevolent Fund?
The register does not record W H Smith Benevolent Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
Are W H Smith Benevolent Fund's trustees paid?
W H Smith Benevolent Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was W H Smith Benevolent Fund registered as a charity?
W H Smith Benevolent Fund was entered on the register on 23 June 1971.