LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 801986 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LCCI COMMERCIAL EDUCATION TRUST

PROMOTION,ADVANCEMENT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF COMMERCIAL EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

Objects

TO PROMOTE, ADVANCE AND ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

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: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£246k

Latest spending

£330k

Registered

1989

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £7,867,853, which significantly exceeds its stated minimum reserves requirement of £190,000. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient for continuing activities, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry (‘the Chamber’) is a member of the Trust... Under a service agreement with the Trust... the Chamber charged the Trust £16,999... for the provision of its services relating to accounting and administration, rent, room hire and registered office.

“Under a service agreement with the Trust, which is reviewed regularly, the Chamber charged the Trust £16,999 (£17,671 including the Trust’s membership subscription) (2024 - £16,700 (£17,341 including the Trust’s membership subscription)) during the year for the provision of its services relating to accounting and administration, rent, room hire and registered office.” — page 32

“A donation of £31,286 was received by DOS & Co., raised through a crowdfunding initiative led by Darragh O’Sullivan, Chair of the CET Trust Board, who is also a Director at DOS & Co.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: A donation of £31,286 was received by DOS & Co., raised through a crowdfunding initiative led by Darragh O’Sullivan, Chair of the CET Trust Board, who is also a Director at DOS & Co.

“Under a service agreement with the Trust, which is reviewed regularly, the Chamber charged the Trust £16,999 (£17,671 including the Trust’s membership subscription) (2024 - £16,700 (£17,341 including the Trust’s membership subscription)) during the year for the provision of its services relating to accounting and administration, rent, room hire and registered office.” — page 32

“A donation of £31,286 was received by DOS & Co., raised through a crowdfunding initiative led by Darragh O’Sullivan, Chair of the CET Trust Board, who is also a Director at DOS & Co.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by AC Mole LLP. 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
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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 30/09/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 02419257

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.

MOIR, Richard James Douglas — director, appointed 06/12/2024on trustee list
KALITOWSKI, Susanna Elizabeth Horn — director, appointed 14/06/2024on trustee list
CLEVELAND, Daniel Michael — director, appointed 14/06/2024on trustee list
STANDING, Nigel Charles — director, appointed 09/02/2024on trustee list
FINGERHUT, Jonathan Leigh — director, appointed 26/05/2023on trustee list
O'HAGAN, Anne — director, appointed 28/09/2020on trustee list
O'SULLIVAN, Darragh Adrian — director, appointed 27/09/2019on trustee list
MIRZA, Sadia — secretary, appointed 06/11/2023

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne O'Hagan
Daniel Michael Cleveland
Darragh O'Sullivan
Jonathan Fingerhut · trustee of 1 other charity
Nigel Charles Standing
Richard James Douglas Moir
Susanna Elizabeth Horn Kalitowski
nicholas rupert martel

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£246k	£330k
30/09/2024	£210k	£309k
30/09/2023	£179k	£230k
30/09/2022	£147k	£193k
30/09/2021	£165k	£328k

Common questions

Is LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL EDUCATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £7,867,853, which significantly exceeds its stated minimum reserves requirement of £190,000. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient for continuing activities, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by AC Mole 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
FRIENDS PROVIDENT CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£630k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	1	£204k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£180k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION	1	£105k
THE DOOUSS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION	1	£95k
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST.

EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST income £2.0m
COMBE BANK EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £59k
People's Economy income £563k
M O CHARITABLE TRUST income £146k
COKETHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED income £13.4m
THE LUJENNA EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY COMMERCIAL EDUCATION TRUST	£246k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EASTBROOK EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
COMBE BANK EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£59k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
People's Economy FY2025	£563k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
M O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£146k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
COKETHORPE EDUCATIONAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£13.4m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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