WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF NEEDLEMAKERS CHARITABLE FUND

Registered charity 288646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SUPPORT OF LONDON CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND CONNEXIONS WITH THE NEEDLEMAKING INDUSTRY AS DECIDED BY THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE COURT OF ASSISTANTS OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF NEEDLEMAKERS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME RESOLVE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £3,887,724, driven by investment gains and bequests, despite a net deficit in the unrestricted general fund for the year. The charity maintains a reserves policy of £20,000 for operational costs, with additional cash reserves of approximately £70,000 to ensure grant-making continuity. The trustee confirms that the charity is not reliant on donations income and can continue to make significant grants from investment income.

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 handling
• 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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (09/07/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Art or Mystery of Needlemakers of the City of London

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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