THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES GENERAL CHARITY LIMITED

Registered charity 284450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charitable company provides grants and donations to individuals and institutions in order to further its charitable objectives.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£241k
Latest spending
£234k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £2,372,991, which exceeds the trustees' implied target level of £1,875,000 derived from their reserves policy. The charity reported a net income for the year of £232,995, supported by unrestricted voluntary income of £164,208 and investment income of £70,454.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: implied target level of £1,875,000 (held: £2.4m)
“the trustees will try to accumulate free reserves until the implied target level of £1,875,000 has been reached.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Worshipful Society of Apothecaries (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£241k£234k
31/08/2024£242k£190k
31/08/2023£187k£214k
31/08/2022£158k£158k
31/08/2021£136k£102k

Common questions

Is THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES GENERAL CHARITY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £2,372,991, which exceeds the trustees' implied target level of £1,875,000 derived from their reserves policy. The charity reported a net income for the year of £232,995, supported by unrestricted voluntary income of £164,208 and investment income of £70,454. 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 JD FOUNDATION1£561k
ZOREYA TZEDOKOS1£164k
THREE PILLARS TRUST1£71k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARACLETOS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE WORSHIPFUL SOCIETY OF APOTHECARIES GENERAL CHARITY LIMITED£241k—0unclear—no doubt
PARACLETOS FY2025£307k—0unclear—no doubt
GRAND CHARITABLE TRUST OF THE ORDER OF WOMEN FREEMASONS FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
ADENFIRST LIMITED FY2025£547k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BARBERS' COMPANY GENERAL CHARITIES FY2024£303k—0within—no doubt
BRITISH PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETY FY2025£9.9m£120,001 - £130,000—above—no doubt

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