The Guild of Cleaners and Launderers

Analysis

The Guild of Cleaners and Launderers is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Larkhall. It was registered in May 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Guild of Cleaners and Launderers reported income of £12k and spending of £27k, spending 224% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £17k to £12k (-27%), an average of -7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, The Guild of Cleaners and Launderers sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of St Andrews (£12k), Old Alleynian Endowment Fund (£12k) and Risby School P T a (£12k).

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.