The Ironmongers Common Investment Fund

Analysis

The Ironmongers Common Investment Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Ironmongers Common Investment Fund reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.2m to £2.9m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Ironmongers Common Investment Fund sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include HQ Hereford Garrison Pri Fund (£2.8m), The National Academy for Social Prescribing (£3.1m) and Progress to Change (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 80% and investments 18%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £44.1m would cover about 187 months of spending at that rate.