The Charitable Trust - Registered Charity Number 1029153
The Charitable Trust enables grants to be made to several causes with particular emphasis on connections to:
Grants are made by the Trustees either on a one-off, annual basis or over a three year period.
During their year in office the Master will traditionally nominate a charity to receive a grant.
The Master and Trustees may make visits to one of the supported charities.
The Charitable Trust provided recurring donations in the year 2025-6 to:
St Paul’s Cathedral Foundation
The Brunswick Youth Club Trust
The Church of St Margaret Lothbury
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Clergy Support Trust (formerly Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy)
City of London School for Girls (Noreen Dickins prizes)
City of London School for Boys (Noreen Dickins prizes)
City of London Freemen’s School (Noreen Dickins prizes)
City of London Police Widows and Orphans Fund
St Paul’s Cathedral School (COLET)
St Paul’s Cathedral School (Martin Fund prizes)
Royal Engineers Cadets London area (prizes)
Lord Mayor’s Big Curry Lunch (ABF The Soldiers’ Charity)
Guildhall Library and The London Archive
The Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund
Royal Engineers Cadets (Open Day Sponsorship and individual sponsorship)
Hackney Carriage Drivers Magical Taxi Tour
Trustees of the United Guilds Service
Royal British Legion Garden of Remembrance
The Trustees approved a 3-year recurring grant from 30 September 2025 to:
Defence Medical Welfare Service
The trustees approved a second of a 3-year recurring grants to:
REACT (Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with potentially terminal illness)
The trustees approved the final payment of a 3-year grant to:
The Trustees approved 10 £1000 bursaries from the Noreen Dickens Prize Fund to applicants from the Apprentice Bursary Scheme.