TALLOW CHANDLERS BENEVOLENT FUND NO 2

Registered charity 246255 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARITIES ADMINISTERED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF TALLOW CHANDLERS, TALLOW CHANDLERS BENEVOLENT FUND, TALLOW CHANDLERS COMPANY BENEVOLENT FUND

The Charity's principal aim is to provide relevant, focused support and giving for the benefit of disadvantaged young people mainly in the Greater London area, to encourage them to succeed in life. This support is primarily provided through education. It supports charities and charitable organisations that provide public benefit by providing donations, bursaries, and scholarships.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE MASTER AND WARDENS OF THE TALLOW CHANDLERS COMPANY DECIDE

Area of benefit: CITY OF LONDON

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £13,679,940, driven by a significant £2,057,763 gain on investments. The charity holds substantial unrestricted designated funds of £13,677,100, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover expected income and expenditure for the next 12 months, confirming a strong going concern position.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tallow Chandlers Benevolent Fund No 2 (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £1.4m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2026)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (50% 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: 10.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tallow Chandlers Company

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE TALENT FOUNDRY TRUST income £2.0m
• THE TANLAW FOUNDATION income £308k
• THE SADDLERS' COMPANY CHARITABLE FUND income £374k
• THE HADLEY PROJECTS FUND income £558k
• PETER LATHOM (INCLUDING THE LATHOM EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION) income £57k
• THE INNHOLDERS' CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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