CHARITWORTH LIMITED

Registered charity 286908 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charities activities include the provision and distribution of grants and donations in support and relief of poverty, educational and religious institutions and organisations.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.3m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £48,658,689, with a policy to maintain levels deemed appropriate for future commitments. The trustees confirm that the financial position is satisfactory and that there are adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. No material uncertainties affecting going concern were identified by the independent auditors.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year (held: £48.7m)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, at a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Insolvency history (Companies House)

Trading subsidiary DOMINION ASSOCIATES LIMITED has insolvency history on the Companies House record (company status: active).
receiver-manager — 1989-02-02
Official Companies House insolvency record. Insolvency of a subsidiary does not mean the charity is insolvent.

Corporate structure

DOMINION ASSOCIATES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Debtors owed by group undertakings: £6,750,950 (2025) / £5,406,123 (2024). Creditors owed to group undertakings: £1,333,252 (2025) / £1,355,949 (2024).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.3m
Total spending
£2.7m
Cost of raising funds
£350k
Reserves (reported)
£48.7m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~215.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% 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: 10.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.3m£2.7m
31/03/2024£3.4m£2.4m
31/03/2023£2.7m£1.6m
31/03/2022£2.2m£3.0m
31/03/2021£1.5m£1.6m

Common questions

Is CHARITWORTH LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £48,658,689, with a policy to maintain levels deemed appropriate for future commitments. The trustees confirm that the financial position is satisfactory and that there are adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. No material uncertainties affecting going concern were identified by the independent auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

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
BEAULAND LIMITED1£107k
EMES FOUNDATION1£24k
GEFEN FOUNDATION1£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTHWARK, ARUNDEL & BRIGHTON BRETHREN CIO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHARITWORTH LIMITED£3.3m—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHWARK, ARUNDEL & BRIGHTON BRETHREN CIO FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt
FMM GENERALATE UK CIO FY2025£196k—0above—no doubt
THE SISTERS OF THE POOR CHILD JESUS FY2025£295k—0unclear—no doubt
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON TRUST FY2024£181k—0above—no doubt

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