The Poor Fund of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers

Analysis

The Poor Fund of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Poor Fund of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers reported income of £90k and spending of £98k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £395k to £90k (-77%), an average of -31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 57% 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 Poor Fund of the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bernard Kahn Charitable Trust (£90k), Bethel Christian Centre Ball Green (£90k) and The Redeemed Christian Church of God - Living Grace Chapel Limited (£90k).