The Conservative Agents' Charity, known as the Conservative Agents’ Benevolent Association until 2025, is a registered charity for serving and retired Conservative Party agents and their dependants.
The organisation is a registered charity, number 216438 and was founded in 1892 by R.W.E. Middleton, then Principal Agent for the Party.
The charity was established for the benevolent purpose of affording assistance by donations, grants or otherwise to deserving persons holding office as an Agent or who formerly served as an Agent and who are or have been full or Associate members of the National Society of Conservative and Unionist Agents, and their dependants and the dependants of such deceased Members of the Society.
The Conservative Agents' Charity is not a part of the Conservative Party. It is a stand-alone registered charity for individuals who work or have worked for the Conservative Party and who have a specific qualification as a * or ** qualified agent who passed exams under the auspices of the National Society of Conservative and Unionist Agents. The trustees of the Charity determine the needs of beneficiaries or potential beneficiaries. There are close informal bonds with the Party that have been built up over many years.
The trustees regret that the charity is unable to provide support to serving or retired Conservative Party Staff who are not qualified Agents or to any members of the public who do not fit with the objects of the Constitution as set out above.