THE SCRIVENERS' COMPANY SEXCENTENARY CHARITY

Registered charity 1188020 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making of grants to organisations for advancement of education, particularly but not limited to those involved in trades and crafts associated with the Worshipful Company of Scriveners; The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; The advancement of culture and heritage in the trades and crafts associated with Scriveners.

Objects

TO FURTHER SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT BY:• PROVIDING FOR THE RELIEF OF HARDSHIP AMONG LIVERYMEN AND FREEMEN OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SCRIVENERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS;• THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND CONTRIBUTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO BURSARIES BEING AWARDED BY SUCH SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE INVOLVED IN TRADES AND CRAFTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SCRIVENERS;• THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE;• THE ADVANCEMENT OF CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN THE TRADES AND CRAFTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SCRIVENERS;• TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LONDON;• TO FURTHER THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF SCRIVENERS

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £378,319, which significantly exceed its stated policy target of maintaining cash reserves equivalent to one year's charitable donations (£30,000 to £34,000). The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, supported by adequate resources and continuing donor support.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/12/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Fenemore-Jones
• Andrew Jonathan Claudet
• John Edward Gerald Anthony Toth
• Linzi James
• Matthew Robert Spencer
• Nicholas Paul Sladden · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nigel Paul Harding
• Paul Richard Williams
• Ronald Anthony Collins

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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