The Plumbers Charity

Charity number: 800043
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Changing lives for the better by supporting plumbing education & training, promoting the 'craft of plumbing' (including provision of clean water, sanitation, public health and community welfare), and making grants to charities connected with the City of London.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 29 September 2024

Total income: £47,882
Total expenditure: £88,866

People

8 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Ghana
  • Nepal
  • Philippines
  • The Gambia
  • Yemen

Governance

Registration history:
  • 13 September 1988: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PLUMBERS' CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
STEPHEN LAMBERT HODKINSON Chair 16 October 2018
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PUMBERS' PLUMBING MUSEUM AND WORKSHOP TRUST
Received: On time
DAVID ROBERT HUNTLEY ADAMS Trustee 13 May 2025
None on record
Damon Boyd Reynolds Trustee 11 September 2024
None on record
Dr Carol Anne Joseph Trustee 14 May 2024
FRIENDS OF HYDE PARK AND KENSINGTON GARDENS
Received: On time
John Leslie Mager Trustee 20 October 2021
None on record
JAMIE LINDSEY FISHER Trustee 23 October 2019
None on record
MICHAEL VAUGHAN COOPER OBE Trustee 10 October 2017
SOCIETY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FAITH
Received: On time
THE CITY OF LONDON BRIDGE WARD CLUB NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOLARS TRUST
Received: On time
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MAGNUS THE MARTYR WITH ST MARGARET NEW FISH STREET AND ST MICHAEL CROOKED LANE, LONDON
Received: On time
ST MICHAEL'S TRUST
Received: On time
THE CLEAVER ORDINATION CANDIDATES FUND
Received: On time
JAMES DALTON Trustee 09 May 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 29/09/2020 29/09/2021 29/09/2022 29/09/2023 29/09/2024
Total gross income £46.89k £39.28k £114.48k £47.72k £47.88k
Total expenditure £46.67k £53.07k £136.44k £67.19k £88.87k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 29 September 2024 11 April 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 29 September 2024 11 April 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 29 September 2023 10 March 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 29 September 2023 16 April 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 29 September 2022 02 April 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 29 September 2022 06 April 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 29 September 2021 29 April 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 29 September 2021 29 April 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 29 September 2020 23 July 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 29 September 2020 23 July 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 15TH JULY 1988 AS AMENDED ON 10 OCT 2017 as amended on 23 Oct 2019

Charitable objects

(A) TO PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUITONS OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT AND AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND PROPORTIONS AS THEY THINK FIT. (B) WITH THE CONSENT IN WRITING OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF PLUMBERS TO APPLY ALL OR ANY OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND IN LIKE MANNER.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Worshipful Company of Plumbers
Carpenters' Hall
1 Throgmorton Avenue
LONDON
EC2N 2JJ
Phone:
02076288880
Email:
clerk@plumberscompany.org.uk
Website:

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