The Wax Chandlers' Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Wax Chandlers' Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and armed forces/emergency service efficiency, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Wax Chandlers' Charitable Trust reported income of £96k and spending of £85k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £38k to £96k (+153%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 146%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 200 England and Wales charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, The Wax Chandlers' Charitable Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include T.e. Lawrence Mess (£96k), Warrant Officer and Senior Rates Mess HMS Raleigh (£98k) and Defence Academy Station Officers Mess (£95k).