The Worshipful Company of Butchers General Charities

Analysis

The Worshipful Company of Butchers General Charities is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Worshipful Company of Butchers General Charities reported income of £64k and spending of £13k, leaving 79% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £79k to £64k (-19%), an average of -5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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 Butchers General Charities sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dhyan Foundation UK (£64k), Park Royal Occupational Health Limited (£64k) and Farncombe Community Garden (£64k).