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Construction Workers’ Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1004732 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B & C E CHARITABLE TRUST, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CHARITABLE TRUST

Education and training in and research into occupational health and safety in the building and civil engineering industries.Education, training and retraining for operatives, past operatives and young persons.Relief of beneficiaries who are in need by virtue of their financial situation, sickness or distress.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£391k
Latest spending
£388k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £80,978, which the Trustees monitor to ensure it meets future grant payment obligations. The charity reported a net inflow of funds of £2,519 for the year, with total income of £389,559 closely matching charitable expenditure of £388,116. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donated income from the Group (56% of income)
“Donated income from the Group at £215,313 (2024: £291,750) is in line with planned donations.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least sufficient to meet the expected future grant payments on a rolling year basis (held: £81k)
“The Trustees have agreed a funding objective to ensure the level of unrestricted reserves is at least sufficient to meet the expected future grant payments on a rolling year basis.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: PPHL Group pays the independent examiner's fees (£2,190) and recharges them to the Trust.
“The independent examiner’s fees are paid for by the PPHL Group and are recharged to the Trust as disclosed in note 8.” — page 17
“At the end of the year, amounts due from the PPHL Group relating to grants and cost recharges was £53,069 (2024: £nil) as included in note 9.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Amounts due from PPHL Group for grants and cost recharges stood at £53,069.
“The independent examiner’s fees are paid for by the PPHL Group and are recharged to the Trust as disclosed in note 8.” — page 17
“At the end of the year, amounts due from the PPHL Group relating to grants and cost recharges was £53,069 (2024: £nil) as included in note 9.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£624k
Total spending
£618k
Reserves (reported)
£78k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

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Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£391k£388k
31/03/2024£394k£394k
31/03/2023£624k£618k
30/09/2021£364k£400k
30/09/2020£658k£621k

Common questions

Is Construction Workers’ Charitable Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £80,978, which the Trustees monitor to ensure it meets future grant payment obligations. The charity reported a net inflow of funds of £2,519 for the year, with total income of £389,559 closely matching charitable expenditure of £388,116. The Trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MONDAY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.8m
The Merchant Taylors' Foundation1£200k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY1£180k
THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS1£143k
THE HABERDASHERS' FOUNDATION1£101k
WALCOT EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION1£100k
CHK Foundation1£100k
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST1£90k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRUST FOR YOUTH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Construction Workers’ Charitable Trust£391k—0above—no doubt
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRUST FOR YOUTH FY2024£1.9m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CHARITY FY2025£5.0m——unclear—no doubt
CITB FY2025£280.2m——unclear—no doubt
THE OLDHAM ENGINEERING GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2024£374kUnder £60,0000above5500.0%no doubt
THE NATIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH FY2025£24.1m——unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.