The Carpenters Company Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Carpenters Company Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Carpenters Company Charitable Trust reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.8m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.0m (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Carpenters Company Charitable Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include V Learning Network (£2.0m), The Minster Centre (£2.0m) and The Wiener Holocaust Library (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 61% and donations and legacies 39%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 21%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.4m. Reserves of £252k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate.