GUILD OF FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON'S CHARITY

Registered charity 227063 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GUILD OF FREEMEN OF THE CITY OF LONDON BENEVOLENT FUND

The charity raises and applies funds to give aid to distressed past and present members of the Guild of Freemen of the City of London, their dependants and relatives. It also supports the educational needs of the disadvantaged at schools linked to the city of London, and it provides grants to benefit young people, the infirm, the aged and the needy, primarily in the Greater London Area

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF MEMBERS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE GUILD AND THEIR DEPENDANTS; ANDTHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SUCH OTHER OBJECTS WHICH ARE REGARDED AS EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON AREA

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · 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 holds unrestricted reserves of £1,205,491, which the Trustees deem necessary to maintain the level of payments for its objectives. The Charity reported a net movement in funds of £98,589 for the year, driven by a £76,062 gain on investments, while total charitable expenditure was £23,628. The Trustees confirm that the Charity has 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Safeguarding 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alistair John Mitchelhillchair
• Christopher John Walton
• Dorothy Saul-Pooley
• Stephen James Osborne

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• London Freemasons Charity income £694k
• CITY OF LONDON FREEMEN'S SCHOOL BURSARY FUND income £151k
• THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL income £3.0m
• THE CITY OF LONDON SOLICITORS' COMPANY CHARITABLE FUND income £62k
• 'CITY OF LONDON POLICE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND income £369k
• THE FRIENDS OF THE CITY CHURCHES income £121k

Side by side with its peers

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