The Worshipful Company of Builders' Merchants Charitable Fund

Analysis

The Worshipful Company of Builders' Merchants Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Worshipful Company of Builders' Merchants Charitable Fund reported income of £89k and spending of £148k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £94k to £89k (-5.3%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Worshipful Company of Builders' Merchants Charitable Fund sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Epsomian Club 1952 Trust Fund (£89k), The Breakspear School Fund (£89k) and Queensgate Pre-School (£89k).

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.