The Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers Charity

Analysis

The Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chigwell. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under disability. 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 December 2025, The Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers Charity reported income of £505k and spending of £455k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £44k to £505k (+1056%), an average of +84% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 566%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Worshipful Company of Hackney Carriage Drivers Charity sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Inclusion Foundation (£505k), Eastleigh Youth & Community Trust (£505k) and Halton Disability Partnership (£503k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 91%, investments 4.6% and trading 4.3%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 4.8%. Reserves of £180k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate.