# The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association - Type: Trust / foundation - Charity number: 263702 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/263702) - Latest income: £19.4k; spending £24.1k - What it funds: Prevention or relief of poverty, Economic / community development / employment - 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: Hampshire - Other names: Hampshire Benevolent Fund (working); The National Farmers Union (Hampshire) Benevolent Association (working) - Trustees: 3 - Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z - Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/national-farmers-union-benevolent-association Providing financial support to needy members and their families of the Hampshire branch of the National Farmers Union and to make donations to The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution and other charities of assistance generally to the farming community. ## Open and forthcoming schemes (0) None in OpenGrant's sources right now. ## Finances by year (Charity Commission) | Year ending | Income | Spending | Grants to organisations | |---|---|---|---| | 30 Sept 2025 | £19.4k | £24.1k | not filed | | 30 Sept 2024 | £21.4k | £22.7k | not filed | | 30 Sept 2023 | £14.9k | £22.5k | not filed | | 30 Sept 2022 | £62.3k | £22.3k | not filed | | 30 Sept 2021 | £79.9k | £22.6k | not filed | ## Charitable objects > To relieve by donations necessitous members or their wives and families and the necessitous widows and families of deceased members and in special cases necessitous parents or collateral relations of deceased members. (for details see clause 2 of the rules) and such necessitous persons as have members of the nfu (Hampshire county Branch) and who in the opinion of the board may be deserving objects and their wives and families of any such persons who are deceased who were not members of the association at the time of their decease. ## What it funds The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association is registered under the Charity Commission purposes prevention or relief of poverty and economic / community development / employment 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 The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association reported income of £19.4k and spending of £24.1k. Over its last 5 reported years, to 30 Sept 2025, it spent £114k in total. The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Hampshire. ## How to apply OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association 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 The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association open for applications now? Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 5 Nov 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise. ### Where does The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association fund? The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Hampshire. ### Does The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association give grants to individuals? Yes, according to the Charity Commission register, which records that The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association makes grants to individuals as well as to organisations. Check its own guidance for who qualifies. ### How much does The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association give each year? The register does not break out The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association's grants for its latest year (only charities with income over £500,000 file that detail). Its total spending in the year to 30 Sept 2025 was £24.1k. Over its last 5 reported years its spending averaged £22.8k a year. ### How large is The National Farmers Union (Hampshire County Branch) Benevolent Association? 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