Gunmakers Trust

Registered charity 1100227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GUNMAKERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST

The Trust promotes the improvement of craft and technical skills employed in the gun and allied trades and in associated crafts, gives relief to individuals connected to the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers and their families and provides grants for any charitable purposes connected with the making or usage of guns, or for charitable causes in the City of London and Borough of Tower Hamlets

Objects

(I)TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE IMPROVEMENT OF SPECIAL CRAFT AND TECHNICAL SKILLS EMPLOYED IN THE GUN AND ALLIED TRADES AND IN ASSOCIATED CRAFTS, BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF PERSONS INVOLVED IN THESE TRADES AND CRAFTS, WHICH INCLUDE METAL WORK, WOODWORK, LEATHERWORK, CASE MAKING, ENGRAVING, COMPUTER SCIENCES CONNECTED WITH MACHINES AND BALLISTICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CONNECTED WITH NOISE AND CARTRIDGE DESIGN. (II) TO RELIEVE INDIVIDUALS CONNECTED TO THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GUNMAKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE IN NEED BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS. (III) TO PROVIDE GRANTS FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE MAKING OR USAGE OF GUNS. (IV) TO PROVIDE GRANTS FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE CITY OF LONDON OR OTHER PLACES IN WHICH THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GUNMAKERS IS SITUATED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE CITY OF LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£89k

Latest spending

£60k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £872,599, driven by investment gains and donations. The charity holds £57,349 in liquid cash reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover anticipated commitments for 12 months. No employees were engaged, and governance costs were £21,925.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of anticipated commitments (reserves figure: £57k)

“The Trustees have decided to hold sufficient cash at bank as a free reserve to cover the Trust’s anticipated commitments, including management and administration costs, for 12 months.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Trust benefits from donated facilities and administrative support from the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, including the use of premises for meetings and events and clerk/secretarial support. These have not been recognised in the financial statements as it is not practicable to reliably measure their value.

“The Trust benefits from donated facilities and administrative support from the Worshipful Company of Gunmakers, including the use of premises for meetings and events and clerk/secretarial support. These have not been recognised in the financial statements as it is not practicable to reliably measure their value.” — 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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

Volunteers: 10
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

Volunteers: 10
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Gunmakers Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Robin David Melville Curtischair
Adam Graham Anthony
Daryl Greatrex
EDWARD PETER KING
Elisabeth Marie Beatrice Reyes
Francis Pearce
Hugh Douglas Douglas-Roberts
JOHN BROWNING · trustee of 1 other charity
James Hayward Neale Horne
Lord Harry Frederick Alan Lawson Burnham
Peter Gerard Hiscocks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/10/2025	£89k	£60k
31/10/2024	£90k	£58k
31/10/2023	£148k	£51k
31/10/2022	£112k	£45k
31/10/2021	£65k	£24k

Common questions

Is Gunmakers Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £872,599, driven by investment gains and donations. The charity holds £57,349 in liquid cash reserves, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover anticipated commitments for 12 months. No employees were engaged, and governance costs were £21,925. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
The Goldsmiths' Foundation	1	£9.8m
SUICIDE & CO	1	£67k
THE GRAHAM KIRKHAM FOUNDATION	1	£750

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GOLDSMITHS CENTRE.

THE GOLDSMITHS CENTRE income £3.4m
THE CLOCKMAKERS' CHARITY income £194k
GUILD OF FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON'S CHARITY income £52k
The Goldsmiths' Foundation income £4.1m
THE WAX CHANDLERS' CHARITABLE TRUST income £96k
GREATER MANCHESTER FIRE SERVICE MUSEUM TRUST income £159k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Gunmakers Trust	£89k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE GOLDSMITHS CENTRE FY2025	£3.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CLOCKMAKERS' CHARITY FY2024	£194k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GUILD OF FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON'S CHARITY FY2025	£52k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Goldsmiths' Foundation FY2025	£4.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE WAX CHANDLERS' CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£96k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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