The Fishmongers' Company's Fisheries Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Fishmongers' Company's Fisheries Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and environment/conservation/heritage, 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 services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Fishmongers' Company's Fisheries Charitable Trust reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.7m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £2.0m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Fishmongers' Company's Fisheries Charitable Trust sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 YMCA Plymouth Ltd (£2.0m), Sentebale (£2.0m) and Metropolitan Police Benevolent Fund (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 89% and investments 11%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 1.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.3m. Reserves of £307k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.