Worshipful Company of Founders Sexcentenary Appeal Fund

Analysis

Worshipful Company of Founders Sexcentenary Appeal Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Worshipful Company of Founders Sexcentenary Appeal Fund reported income of £223k and spending of £135k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £99k to £223k (+126%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 65% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Worshipful Company of Founders Sexcentenary Appeal Fund sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Olive Branch Aid (£223k), J W Chapman Earlesmere Charitable Trust (£223k) and Bognor Regis Foodbank (£223k).