The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries General Charity Limited

Analysis

The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries General Charity Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01618879). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries General Charity Limited reported income of £241k and spending of £234k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £136k to £241k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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 Society of Apothecaries General Charity Limited sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Afasic (£241k), David Scott's Coventry Jubilee Community Care Trust (£241k) and The British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists (£240k).