Chartered Accountants' Livery Charity

Analysis

Chartered Accountants' Livery Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Chartered Accountants' Livery Charity reported income of £318k and spending of £241k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £220k to £318k (+44%), an average of +9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chartered Accountants' Livery Charity sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mountain of Mercy (£317k), The Edge Ministries (£318k) and Eastern Ravens Trust (£317k).