WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF JOINERS AND CEILERS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 291088 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO FOSTER THE CRAFTS OF JOINERY AND CARVING INCLUDING MAKING GRANTS TO EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND PROVIDING PRIZES TO ADVANCE THIS OBJECT.

Objects

TO FOSTER THE CRAFT OF JOINERY, MAKING GRANTS TO EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS AND PROVIDING PRIZES TO ADVANCE THE OBJECT AND TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£22k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £718,195, an increase from the previous year's £671,752. The trustees confirm that the charity meets all budgeted commitments and has sufficient funds to ensure future operational existence. The organization is funded by investment dividends, donations, and events, with no stated reserves policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The Trust was established by the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers, which is a related party.
“The Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers. The Trust was established by the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 25/07/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
25/07/2025£37k£22k
25/07/2024£25k£28k
25/07/2023£27k£23k
25/07/2022£31k£29k
25/07/2021£31k£21k

Common questions

Is WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF JOINERS AND CEILERS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £718,195, an increase from the previous year's £671,752. The trustees confirm that the charity meets all budgeted commitments and has sufficient funds to ensure future operational existence. The organization is funded by investment dividends, donations, and events, with no stated reserves policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF JOINERS AND CEILERS CHARITABLE TRUST£37k—0unclear—no doubt
WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF NEEDLEMAKERS CHARITABLE FUND FY2025£262k—0unclear—no doubt
CHARITIES ADMINISTERED BY THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FOUNDERS FY2025£99k—0within—no doubt
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CONSTRUCTORS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£77k—0unclear—no doubt
M I CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£21k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF GLOVERS OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt

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