CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON

Registered charity 1087167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. The administration of two thriving almshouse communities for the elderly, one in London and one in Surrey, providing homes for nearly 100 individuals 2.Grant making, primarily for the relief of need and to support the elderly.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.4m

Latest spending

£5.3m

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £120,712,000, with unrestricted funds of £18,227,000 and free reserves of £14,071,000. The charity reports no fundraising costs as it does not conduct fundraising activity, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its 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

Reserves policy: conditional committed grants fulfilled; prudent management of housing services; funds for next year's grant making (held: £14.1m)

“The primary reasons for holding the reserves for the Charity is to ensure: • that the conditional committed grants are fulfilled; • prudent management of the housing services provided to beneficiaries in the event of a fall in housing income or other adverse event; and • that the funds for grant making for next year are available to ensure the ability to plan for further grants to beneficiaries.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

The Clerk — Chief Executive Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income

£4.4m

Total spending

£5.3m

Cost of raising funds

£307k

Reserves (reported)

£14.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~31.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (74% 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: 7.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

The Mercers' Company · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.4m	£5.3m
31/03/2024	£4.7m	£5.7m
31/03/2023	£4.2m	£7.0m
31/03/2022	£3.5m	£7.1m
31/03/2021	£3.9m	£5.4m

Common questions

Is CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased to £120,712,000, with unrestricted funds of £18,227,000 and free reserves of £14,071,000. The charity reports no fundraising costs as it does not conduct fundraising activity, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ESTATE CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE	1	£1.1m
THE SUNNY SKIES FOUNDATION	1	£10k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES.

THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES income £480k
THE WHITGIFT FOUNDATION income £77.1m
SLOSWICKE'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £243k
RICHMOND CHARITIES income £4.9m
THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES income £225k
GREENWICH CHARITY OF WILLIAM HATCLIFFE AND THE MISSES SMITH income £460k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	£4.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CITY OF LONDON ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£480k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE WHITGIFT FOUNDATION FY2025	£77.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SLOSWICKE'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2025	£243k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHMOND CHARITIES FY2025	£4.9m	£60,001 - £70,000	4	unclear	—	no doubt
THE VICTORIA ALMSHOUSES FY2025	£225k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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