THE BENEVOLENT FUND OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BAKERS

Registered charity 235230 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BAKERS' EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Relief of necessitous Liverymen or Freemen of the Company, widows, orphans or dependents of Liverymen or Freemen of the Company and persons who have been employed by the Company. Making of grants, donations or subscriptions to any fund for charitable purposes in the City of London. Other charitable purposes beneficial to the community not included in the foregoing.

Objects

(A) RELIEF OF NECESSITOUS LIVERYMEN OR FREEMEN OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BAKERS OR THEIR DEPENDANTS. (B) RELIEF OF RECESSITOUS EMPLOYEES OF THE COMPANY OR THEIR DEPENDANTS. (C) GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THE CITY OF LONDON OR ELSEWHERE. (D) OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · Accommodation/housing · Amateur Sport · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · 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 reported a net expenditure of £65,365 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £2,701,061 to £2,687,914. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis. Free reserves stood at £2,560,315, while the stated reserves policy guideline focuses on distributing 100% of annual income generated.

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
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — BENEVOLENT FUND OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BAKERS (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• The Association of Bakery Ingredient Manufacturers (ABIM) — “The Association of Bakery Ingredient Manufacturers (ABIM) generously sponsors a student at the Bakers' Bursary courses at the Richemont Scho…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW BEALE
• Alison Springett · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maxwell Elvidge
• Russell Chweidan
• WILLIAM JAMES MARLE

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BUILDERS' MERCHANTS CHARITABLE FUND.

• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BUILDERS' MERCHANTS CHARITABLE FUND income £89k
• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BUTCHERS GENERAL CHARITIES income £64k
• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF LAUNDERERS BENEVOLENT TRUST FUND income £36k
• THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF BUTCHERS EDUCATION CHARITY income £46k
• CHARITIES ADMINISTERED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FOUNDERS income £99k
• WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF NEEDLEMAKERS CHARITABLE FUND income £262k

Side by side with its peers

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