THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF HACKNEY CARRIAGE DRIVERS CHARITY

Registered charity 1172474 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To raise funds for the Magical Taxi Tour for children with life threatening illnesses. To give benevolence to Licensed Taxi drivers and their families, Support City of London based charities and nominated projects in London

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£505k

Latest spending

£455k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £660,905, with unrestricted reserves of £177,829 and cash balances of £67,856. The charity reports a net income of £46,080 and confirms it is prepared on a going concern basis with sufficient resources to continue activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between two and three years of total expenditure in a normal year (held: £178k)

“The reserves policy of the Charity is to maintain sufficient liquid reserves, in either restricted or unrestricted funds, at a level which equates to between two and three years of total expenditure in a normal year.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CHCD Magical Taxi Tour (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£505k

Total spending

£455k

Cost of raising funds

£22k

Reserves (reported)

£180k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (91% 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: 4.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MICHAEL DAVIESchair
Daniel Mark Heath
Mary Elizabeth Whitworth
PETER JOHN SVERRE JOHANSEN MBE · trustee of 5 other charities
PHILLIP JOHN DAVIS MBE
Silverio Philip Oliveira
Steven Leslie Wright · trustee of 1 other charity
WENDY SORRELL

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

Operates in: Essex · Hertfordshire · Kent · Surrey · Throughout London · Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£505k	£455k
31/12/2024	£575k	£447k
31/12/2023	£433k	£389k
31/12/2022	£291k	£332k
31/12/2021	£44k	£42k

Common questions

Is THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF HACKNEY CARRIAGE DRIVERS CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £660,905, with unrestricted reserves of £177,829 and cash balances of £67,856. The charity reports a net income of £46,080 and confirms it is prepared on a going concern basis with sufficient resources to continue activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF HACKNEY CARRIAGE DRIVERS CHARITY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF HACKNEY CARRIAGE DRIVERS CHARITY as a grant recipient include THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k

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
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
CARERS TRUST	1	£64k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
THE KUPAH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The London Taxi Drivers' Charity for Children.

The London Taxi Drivers' Charity for Children income £186k
CABMEN'S SHELTER FUND income £199k
LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND income £657k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE income £275k
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH income £133k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF HACKNEY CARRIAGE DRIVERS CHARITY	£505k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The London Taxi Drivers' Charity for Children FY2025	£186k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CABMEN'S SHELTER FUND FY2024	£199k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE CHARITABLE FUND FY2025	£657k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY & HACKNEY CARERS CENTRE FY2025	£275k	—	within	—	no doubt

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