THE FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S FISHERIES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 284888 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC042845 (OSCR)

Supports the sustainable advancement of UK's seafood industry, freshwater and marine fish and their habitats. Under these programme areas, the Trust funds projects, grants, early-career sponsorship, research and convening. As part of the Fish Trade programme, the Trust supports work at Billingsgate Market concerned with quality, hygiene and inspection, and supports the Master Fishmonger Standard.

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Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£1.7m

Registered

1982

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust held total unrestricted funds of £1,558k, with available free reserves (net current assets) of £307k. The Trustees anticipate a donation of £1.5m from the Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Trust in early 2026 to cover expenditure plans and future grant commitments, thereby avoiding the need to sell investments to meet cashflow needs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“There was one employee for whom the Trust’s share of employee benefits excluding NI and pension contributions was between £100k and £1100k (2024: One between £80k and £90k)” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Donations (90% of income)

“The Trust received donations of £1,805k (2024: £891k). £170k was from the Fishmongers’ Company (2024: £nil) and the Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Trust donated £1,625k (2024: £871k).” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of total costs (held: £307k)

“The Trustees’ policy is to maintain a balance on the Trust’s unrestricted reserves, net of investments sufficient to meet at least three months of total costs.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Fred Stroyan — Chair of the Fish & Fisheries Committee (source)
Andrew Wallace — Fisheries Director (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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£1.7m

Cost of raising funds

£28k

Reserves (reported)

£307k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Amelia Fitzalan Howard · trustee of 3 other charities
The Fishmongers' Company · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£2.0m	£1.7m
31/12/2024	£1.1m	£1.7m
31/12/2023	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/12/2022	£2.9m	£1.5m
31/12/2021	£1.1m	£1.3m

Common questions

Is THE FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S FISHERIES CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust held total unrestricted funds of £1,558k, with available free reserves (net current assets) of £307k. The Trustees anticipate a donation of £1.5m from the Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Trust in early 2026 to cover expenditure plans and future grant commitments, thereby avoiding the need to sell investments to meet cashflow needs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	1	£467k
SUICIDE & CO	1	£37k
The Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors)	1	£23k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.3m
FISHING INTO THE FUTURE income £162k
SEA LIFE TRUST LIMITED income £6.8m
FRESHWATER HABITATS TRUST income £2.8m
QUEENBOROUGH FISHERY TRUST income £199k
BOROUGH MARKET (SOUTHWARK) income £8.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S FISHERIES CHARITABLE TRUST	£2.0m	—	1	above	—	no doubt
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FISHING INTO THE FUTURE FY2024	£162k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SEA LIFE TRUST LIMITED FY2024	£6.8m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
FRESHWATER HABITATS TRUST FY2025	£2.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	below	—	no doubt
QUEENBOROUGH FISHERY TRUST FY2024	£199k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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