The Worshipful Company of Carmen Benevolent Trust

Analysis

The Worshipful Company of Carmen Benevolent Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Worshipful Company of Carmen Benevolent Trust reported income of £42k and spending of £98k, spending 231% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £76k to £42k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 165% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Worshipful Company of Carmen Benevolent Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Ringwood Medical Centre (£42k), NGMV - Medical Volunteers & Life Academy (£42k) and Kings Community (£42k).

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.