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Benefact Group PLC

Benefact Group is a diverse international group of financial services businesses, that exist to give our profits to good causes. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 43 years old · 722nd oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1980s

Company number01718196
StatusActive
Incorporated26/04/1983
Accounts last made up to31/12/2025
Next accounts due30/06/2027
Accounts typeGROUP
Legal Entity Identifier213800O4B9KNVTLIVR02

Registered office

BENEFACT HOUSE, 2000 PIONEER AVENUE, GLOUCESTER BUSINESS PARK, BROCKWORTH, GLOUCESTER, GL3 4AW

Other PLCs registered in Gloucester

Online

Website benefactgroup.com

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts Facebook, Instagram

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Filing history

This company has 278 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 20/05/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 09/07/2026.

Filings: officer changes66
Filings: accounts14
Filings: confirmation statements11
Filings: annual returns4
Filings: name changes1
Filings: address changes1

The most recent filings

Confirmation statement 09/07/2026
Group accounts 20/05/2026
Director appointed 23/03/2026
Director appointed 12/01/2026
Director resigned 05/01/2026
Group accounts 29/07/2025
Confirmation statement 10/07/2025
Director's details changed 10/02/2025
Director appointed 08/01/2025
Director resigned 08/01/2025

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 8 current officers and 48 who have resigned.

Rachael Jane Hall Secretaryappointed 25/05/1995
Rita Bajaj Directorappointed 15/07/2021
Mark Edmund Hacquoil Bennett Directorappointed 01/01/2025
Francois-Xavier Bernard Boisseau Directorappointed 01/01/2026
James Coyle Directorappointed 01/10/2026
Mark Christopher John Hews Directorappointed 02/06/2009
Ian St John Martin Directorappointed 19/03/2026
David Scott Paterson Directorappointed 25/06/2024

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

Benefact Trust Limited
Owns 75% to 100% of the shares; Holds 75% to 100% of the voting rights; Can appoint and remove directors
since 06/04/2016

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 2 registered charges, of which 0 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Second charge
National Westminster Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 06/11/1992
First charge
Not Known
Fully satisfied, created 27/06/1983

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Also at GL3 4AW

A shared registered office is not evidence of a relationship. Formation agents and genuine groups look identical on the register.

On the register

  • 722nd oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1980s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)