THE LICENSED TRADE CHARITY

Registered charity 230011 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LICENSED TRADE CHARITY, THE SOCIETY OF LICENSED VICTUALLERS

The Charity assists those working in:those who have worked in or have retired from the licensed drinks trade in the following areas:(a)those who are sick ,infirm or distressed; (b) in the case of financial hardship and (c) the relief of ills consequent of old ageThe Charity through its schools educates the children from the general public but with preference to those working in the trade.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity recorded a net surplus of £5.57 million for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by strong investment returns and sound cost management. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves totalled £73.6 million, which remains significantly above the minimum level required by the Charity's reserves policy of approximately £19 million. The Charity is in a strong financial position with sufficient resources to continue operations and support its beneficiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by James Cowper Kreston Audit. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Licensed Trade Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Ludovick Halik — Chairman (source)
• Paul Wigham — Trustee (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Lucky Saint — “We are grateful to all our sponsors for supporting, including headline sponsor Lucky Saint, Thatcher’s Cider, Punch Pubs and Star Pubs for b…” (source page)
• Thatcher’s Cider — “We are grateful to all our sponsors for supporting, including headline sponsor Lucky Saint, Thatcher’s Cider, Punch Pubs and Star Pubs for b…” (source page)
• Punch Pubs — “We are grateful to all our sponsors for supporting, including headline sponsor Lucky Saint, Thatcher’s Cider, Punch Pubs and Star Pubs for b…” (source page)
• Star Pubs — “We are grateful to all our sponsors for supporting, including headline sponsor Lucky Saint, Thatcher’s Cider, Punch Pubs and Star Pubs for b…” (source page)
• Avani Solutions — “We are grateful to all our sponsors for supporting, including headline sponsor Lucky Saint, Thatcher’s Cider, Punch Pubs and Star Pubs for b…” (source page)
• Precision Fuel & Hydration — “Thank you to Precision Fuel & Hydration for keeping our runners energised throughout the route, and to Fleet Street for your support.” (source page)
• Fleet Street — “Thank you to Precision Fuel & Hydration for keeping our runners energised throughout the route, and to Fleet Street for your support.” (source page)
• Farols — “To all the runners, both on the road and joining virtually, thank you for being part of something unforgettable, and a special thank you to …” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

8 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (8 freehold); recorded price paid £975k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~16.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (90% 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: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (23/11/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ludovick Raymond Halikchair
• ANNETTE JAYNE KING
• George Wishart
• JEREMY Gavin PHILLIPS
• Michael Anthony Paul Clist
• Neil Huw Morgan
• PATRICK Bernard DUDDY
• PETER David RAYNSFORD
• Paul Kevin Hegarty
• Pavlos Pavli
• Richard PAUL Martin WIGHAM
• Shirley Couchman
• TOBIAS David BRETT
• Tanya Marie Wicks
• Tracy Joanna Bird
• Trevor Charles Heyburn
• Trevor John Sparks
• Wilfrid Hamish Stoddart

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

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

• THE DRINKS TRUST income £1.0m
• THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY income £539k
• WINE AND SPIRIT EDUCATION TRUST income £22.7m
• THE VINTNERS' FOUNDATION income £466k
• THE INSURANCE CHARITIES income £959k
• LEVERHULME TRADE CHARITIES TRUST income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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