The City of London Charities Pool

Analysis

The City of London Charities Pool is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The City of London Charities Pool reported income of £985k and spending of £2.5m, spending 257% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £985k (-28%), an average of -8.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The City of London Charities Pool sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust (£981k), Louis Nicholas Residuary Charitable Trust (£994k) and The Manoukian Charitable Foundation (£981k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 5.6%. Reserves of £15k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.