The Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund
Analysis
The Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.
In the financial year ending March 2025, The Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund reported income of £374k and spending of £497k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £390k to £374k (-4.0%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 135% 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 Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caxton House Settlement (£374k), Barking and Dagenham Council for Voluntary Service (£375k) and The International Buddhist Relief Organisation (I B R O) (£374k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
General charitable financial support with emphasis on education, smaller charities assisting disabled people and disadvantaged youth, Armed and Uniformed Services' charities, the equestrian world, the Church, the British saddlery and leathercraft trade and the City of London.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Caxton House Settlement | London | £374k |
| Barking and Dagenham Council for Voluntary Service | Barking | £375k |
| The International Buddhist Relief Organisation (I B R O) | Birmingham | £374k |
| UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers | London | £375k |