Worshipful Company of Needlemakers Charitable Fund

Analysis

Worshipful Company of Needlemakers Charitable Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Worshipful Company of Needlemakers Charitable Fund reported income of £262k and spending of £127k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £120k to £262k (+118%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Worshipful Company of Needlemakers Charitable Fund sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forever Angels UK Ltd (£262k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Danehill (£263k) and Sandwell and District West Indian Community Association (£262k).