THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ENTREPRENEURS TRUST

Registered charity 1166513 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE COMPANY OF ENTREPRENEURS TRUST, THE GUILD OF ENTREPRENEURS TRUST

The Company of Entrepreneurs Trust is a grant-making body supporting education, training and opportunities in business and enterprise in the UK. It makes grants to individuals, charities, organisations and institutions to improve the provision of (and access to) business education and skills.It also supports entrepreneurs, former entrepreneurs and their dependents in financial hardship.

Objects

2.2 THE OBJECTS ARE: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN RELATION TO KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED BY ENTREPRENEURS AND INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO BECOME ENTREPRENEURS;(B) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG ENTREPRENEURS AND FORMER ENTREPRENEURS, THEIR WIDOWS, WIDOWERS, ORPHANS AND DEPENDANTS WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS; AND(C) TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.2.3 FOR THE PURPOSES OF CLAUSE 2.2, "ENTREPRENEURS" SHALL MEAN PERSONS WHO HAVE INVESTED THEIR OWN MONEY AND TIME IN SETTING UP AND LEADING ONE OR MORE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · 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 reported a surplus of income over expenditure of £19,554 for the year ended 28th February 2025. The trustees confirm that the reserves policy is satisfied, with unrestricted reserves of £14,672.71 held against a policy target equal to the budgeted grants and anticipated overheads. The charity maintains sufficient 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 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Company of Entrepreneurs Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE COMPANY OF ENTREPRENEURS TRUSTEE LTD

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Centre For Entrepreneurs.

• The Centre For Entrepreneurs income £357k
• CHARITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP income £4.3m
• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS CHARITY income £378k
• BUSINESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (UK) LTD income £1.9m
• THE UPHOLDERS CHARITY income £137k
• SOCIAL BUSINESS TRUST income £7.1m

Side by side with its peers

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