THE LONDON INSURANCE MARKET CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1190714 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides scholarships to students undertaking tertiary education from the UK and across the world who are seeking a career in the Insurance and Risk Management industries. Currently, these are only available to students at CASS Business School and all applications for scholarships are made direct to CASS.

Objects

3. OBJECTSTHE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES:3.1 ADVANCING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE ACADEMIC AND/OR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN FINANCIAL NEED IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) BY FUNDING AND/OR AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS TENABLE BY PROSPECTIVE OR CURRENT STUDENTS OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT AT CITY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (OR ANY ACADEMIC OR VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION AWARDED BY ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION IN THE RELATED DISCIPLINES OF INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT AND/OR ACTUARIAL SCIENCE AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT); AND3.2 SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£70k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £147,311, which have been built up from surplus fundraising income. The trustees confirm there is no reserves policy as the charity has minimal outgoings and no staff or premises, and they are confident the charity will continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Trustees attended Golf Day and paid entry fees
“Catherine French, Mike Hammond, Tim Pritchard and Douglas Markey, who are all trustees, attended the Golf Day in the year and each paid the same entry fee as other participants.” — page 12
“The charity also paid £718 to Douglas Markey who hosted a dinner for the GCU students when they visited London.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee reimbursed for student hosting costs
“Catherine French, Mike Hammond, Tim Pritchard and Douglas Markey, who are all trustees, attended the Golf Day in the year and each paid the same entry fee as other participants.” — page 12
“The charity also paid £718 to Douglas Markey who hosted a dinner for the GCU students when they visited London.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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

  • 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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£70k£64k
31/10/2024£66k£48k
31/10/2023£56k£73k
31/10/2022£61k£34k
31/10/2021£77k£130k

Common questions

Is THE LONDON INSURANCE MARKET CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £147,311, which have been built up from surplus fundraising income. The trustees confirm there is no reserves policy as the charity has minimal outgoings and no staff or premises, and they are confident the charity will continue as a going concern. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE PAVIORS' CHARITY1£235k
THE CHRISTOPHER LAING FOUNDATION1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CARLTON HOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LONDON INSURANCE MARKET CHARITABLE TRUST£70k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CARLTON HOUSE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£41k—0unclear19.3%no doubt
THE RICE-JONES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£104k——unclear—no doubt
LEVERHULME TRADE CHARITIES TRUST FY2025£3.1m—0above—no doubt
The London Foundation for Banking & Finance FY2025£587k—0above—no doubt
HS BARLOW CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£200k——unclear—no doubt

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