THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS CHARITY

Registered charity 1113488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS CHARITABLE TRUST

1. The advancement of education and training of the public in matters related to IT2. Promoting the effectiveness and efficiency of charities and the effective use of resources to achieve charitable purposes by the provision of advice and support in relation to IT3. Subject to 1 & 2 above the provision of grants for such purposes as are charitable according to the law of England & Wales

Objects

3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC IN MATTERS RELATED TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.3.2 PROMOTING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF CHARITIES AND THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT IN RELATION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.3.3 SUBJECT TO OBJECTS 3.1 AND 3.2, THE PROVISION OF GRANTS FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in sound financial health, with unrestricted funds totaling £1,512,860, which is above the stated reserves policy target of £250,000. The charity generated a surplus of £389,846 for the year, driven by a net gain on investments of £456,890, and maintains positive cash flow. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: CITO MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED Companies House 04285107
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05697763 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — WCIT Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WIRSZYCZ, Robert Michael — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
• CORDERY, Peter John — director, appointed 30/09/2025on trustee list
• EGLIN, Matthew Nigel — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• HOLLAND, Maxine Barbara — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• ANGEL, John Hugh — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• BERRY, David — director, appointed 21/09/2022on trustee list
• CHAUDHRY PANDEY, Serena Aleem — director, appointed 21/09/2022not on trustee list
• PARKINSON, Bryan John — director, appointed 24/03/2021on trustee list
• HAYTHORNE, Fumiyo — secretary, appointed 15/01/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~33.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bryan John Parkinson
• Craig Penfold
• David Berry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gary Moore
• John Hugh Angel
• Matthew Nigel Eglin
• Maxine Barbara Holland
• Peter Cordery
• Robert Wirszycz
• Serena Aleem Chaudhry Pandey · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ENGINEERS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND.

• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ENGINEERS CHARITABLE TRUST FUND income £219k
• Charity Technology Leadership income £203k
• CHARITIES ADMINISTERED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FOUNDERS income £99k
• THE INSTITUTION OF ANALYSTS & PROGRAMMERS income £48k
• THE TURING TRUST income £783k
• THE INVESTINDUSTRIAL FOUNDATION income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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