The Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund (the EABF), cares for hundreds of entertainers throughout the UK who need help and assistance as a result of old age, ill-health, or hard times, and Brinsworth House, in Twickenham, Middlesex, is the Fund's dedicated nursing home, caring for elderly members of the entertainment profession. The proceeds from the annual Royal Variety Performance have been the financial bedrock of the Fund's existence since its beginnings in 1908. The Royal Variety Show is presented annually in the presence of either Her Majesty the Queen, or His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and forms a major part of the entertaiment industry's annual calendar - with over 150 million TV viewers worldwide.