Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers Charitable Trust

Analysis

Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending July 2025, Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers Charitable Trust reported income of £37k and spending of £22k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2021 to July 2025, income grew from £31k to £37k (+19%), an average of +4.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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 Joiners and Ceilers Charitable Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dutch Oak Tree Foundation (£37k), Tzedokah Trust (£37k) and Madeenat Al-Elm Cultural Foundation (£37k).