# Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 271576 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/271576)
- Latest income: £12.4k; spending £10k
- What it funds: Education / training, Health / saving of lives
- Who it helps: Other charities or voluntary bodies, Other defined groups
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations
- Area of operation: North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Bristol City
- Other names: Avon L M C Benevolent Fund (working); Avon Local Medical Benevolent Fund (previous)
- Trustees: 4
- Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/avon-local-medical-committee-benevolent-fund

Supporting family doctors(and/or their families) who work or have worked in Avon.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Finances by year (Charity Commission)

| Year ending | Income | Spending | Grants to organisations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Jul 2026 | £12.4k | £10k | not filed |
| 31 Jul 2025 | £11.8k | £60 | not filed |
| 31 Jul 2024 | £12.3k | £6,061 | not filed |
| 31 Jul 2023 | £12k | £60 | not filed |
| 31 Jul 2022 | £13.5k | £16.4k | not filed |

## Charitable objects

> 1. The relief of any Medical practitioner practising or having practised in the county of Avon or his or her wife or husband,widow, widower or child or children or other dependants who shall be in need. 2. The payment or application by way of grant or loan (with or without interest) to or for the benefit of any person or persons being a dependant or dependants of a Medical practitioner or Medical practitioners in the county of Avon by way of a scholarship or bursary in medicine or other subjects tenable at some Medical school, including a faculty of medicine in any university approved by the trustees for the purpose and subject to such conditions as to satisfactory attendance and otherwise as the trustees shall think fit.

## What it funds

Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training and health / saving of lives for other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations. In its latest reported year Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund reported income of £12.4k and spending of £10k. Over its last 5 reported years, to 31 Jul 2026, it spent £32.6k in total.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bristol City.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund in its sources (last checked 5 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

## Questions

### Is Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 5 Nov 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Where does Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund fund?

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire and Bristol City.

### Does Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund give grants to individuals?

Yes, according to the Charity Commission register, which records that Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund makes grants to individuals as well as to organisations. Check its own guidance for who qualifies.

### How much does Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund give each year?

The register does not break out Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund's grants for its latest year (only charities with income over £500,000 file that detail). Its total spending in the year to 31 Jul 2026 was £10k. Over its last 5 reported years its spending averaged £6,524 a year.

### How large is Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund?

In its latest reported year Avon Local Medical Committee Benevolent Fund reported income of £12.4k and spending of £10k.


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