The Merchant Taylors' Company Charities Fund

Analysis

The Merchant Taylors' Company Charities Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, The Merchant Taylors' Company Charities Fund reported income of £73k and spending of £110k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income fell from £116k to £73k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2023, when income dropped by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 417% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Merchant Taylors' Company Charities Fund sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pushtinikunj Foundation (£73k), Safeguard Academy CIO (£73k) and Derby Shopmobility Ltd (£73k).

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.