Carpenters’ Company Charitable Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Carpenters' Company Charitable Trust gives to education and welfare, and its general grants prioritise youth, children, homeless people and older people, so a small organisation working in those areas has a clear reason to look at it.
- Its stated priority area is Greater London, so organisations based elsewhere should check that their work fits that focus before writing.
- Most of its income goes to the Building Crafts College, and no grant range is published, so size any request to your own costs rather than to a figure from this profile.
- No application process is published, so start by contacting the trust through the details it shows to ask whether a request would be considered before you send a proposal.
Overview
Carpenters’ Company Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 276996).
Carpenters' Company Charitable Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, and it applies capital and income for the benefit of charities and charitable purposes. It awards grants to educational and welfare activities, with general priorities of youth, children, the homeless and the aged. The majority of its income each year goes to the Building Crafts College, which it supports through an annual grant, and the Henry Osborne Award Fund provides an annual award for a student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Its annual report records £1,382,241 awarded.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 30 June 2025) only. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The trust awards grants to a wide range of educational and welfare activities. Most of its annual income supports a building-crafts college, while it maintains long-standing commitments to other organisations, mainly in the Greater London area. For grants of a more general nature, its priorities are youth, children, the homeless and the aged. Alongside this education-led support, the trust identifies youth, children, the homeless and the aged as priorities for its more general grants.
Themes
- Education
- Welfare
- Youth
- Children
- Homelessness
- Older people
Geographic Focus
Priority: Greater London.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- For grants of a more general nature, the trust prioritises youth, children, the homeless and the aged.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Greater London
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Carpenters’ Company Charitable Trust.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Building Crafts College£1,215,698year to 30 June 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 with no named recipient; 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£102k).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2021 | £1,184,786 | £1,555,069 | £1,286,680 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2021 |
| year to 30 June 2022 | £1,428,189 | £1,739,650 | £1,408,538 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2022 |
| year to 30 June 2023 | £1,771,309 | £1,930,949 | £1,518,820 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2023 |
| year to 30 June 2024 | £2,093,772 | £2,100,356 | £1,687,640 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2024 |
| year to 30 June 2025 | £1,975,170 | £1,822,976 | £1,382,241 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 1 of the 5 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
- Grants paid, year to 30 June 2021; year to 30 June 2022; year to 30 June 2023; year to 30 June 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 30 June 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- carpentersco.com/charities/carpenters-company-charitable-trust
- carpentersco.com/contact-us · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 30 June 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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Contact
- 020 7588 7001source
- info@carpentersco.comsource
- Carpenters’ Hall Throgmorton Avenue London EC2N 2JJsource
- carpentersco.com/charities/carpenters-company-charitable-trust
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Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
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Contact
- 020 7588 7001source
- info@carpentersco.comsource
- Carpenters’ Hall Throgmorton Avenue London EC2N 2JJsource
- carpentersco.com/charities/carpenters-company-charitable-trust