THE CITY OF LONDON CHARITIES POOL

Registered charity 1021138 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CORPORATION OF LONDON CHARITIES POOL

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Latest income

£985k

Latest spending

£2.5m

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds held increased to £24,486,909, supported by investment gains of £1,664,162. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains unrestricted reserves of £15,000, which the Trustee believes is sufficient to cover working capital needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £15,000 (held: £15k)

“The Trustee believes that an amount of £15,000 should be held at present, which will be subject to annual review.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£985k

Total spending

£2.5m

Cost of raising funds

£143k

Reserves (reported)

£15k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

City of London Corporation · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£985k	£2.5m
31/03/2024	£1.4m	£1.5m
31/03/2023	£1.0m	£1.2m
31/03/2022	£1.5m	£1.3m
31/03/2021	£1.4m	£1.3m

Common questions

Is THE CITY OF LONDON CHARITIES POOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds held increased to £24,486,909, supported by investment gains of £1,664,162. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and maintains unrestricted reserves of £15,000, which the Trustee believes is sufficient to cover working capital needs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF LONDON VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS FUND.

THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF LONDON VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS FUND income £314k
HQR LONDON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £351k
CITY OF LONDON CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION income £330k
LHA LONDON LTD income £19.8m
DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED income £116k
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS income £295k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CITY OF LONDON CHARITIES POOL	£985k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CITY AND DIOCESE OF LONDON VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS FUND FY2025	£314k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HQR LONDON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2023	£351k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY OF LONDON CRIME PREVENTION ASSOCIATION FY2025	£330k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LHA LONDON LTD FY2025	£19.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DARTMOUTH SWIMMING POOL COMPANY LIMITED FY2024	£116k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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