Charitable Trust

The Charitable Trust - Registered Charity Number 1029153

The Charitable Trust enables grants to be made to several causes with particular emphasis on connections to:

• The City of London and the surrounding areas
• Activities involving young people
• The crafts of wall and floor tiling, roof tiling and bricklaying
• Our associated Regiment, the Corps of Royal Engineers
• Our affiliated Royal Navy ship, HMS Magpie

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 2026-27 to:

The Lord Mayor’s Appeal

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

London Air Ambulance

The Sheriffs’ and Recorder’s Fund

Royal Engineers Cadets (Open Day Sponsorship and individual sponsorship)

HMS Magpie

Hackney Carriage Drivers Magical Taxi Tour

Trustees of the United Guilds Service

Royal British Legion Garden of Remembrance

Court Coroners Support Service

The Trustees approved a first payment of a 3-year recurring grant to:

Children Today Charitable Trust

Edith Cavell Fund for Nurses

Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia and Coloboma Support (MACS)

Miracles

The trustees approved a second payment of a 3-year recurring grant to:

Hands on Hand out

Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity

Bridge Watch

Defence Medical Welfare Service

The trustees approved a final payment of a 3-year recurring grant to:

Side by Side

Tikva Hope

Twilight Kindness

REACT (Rapid Effective Assistance for Children with potentially terminal illness)

Trustees are currently considering applicants for the Apprentice Bursary Scheme to be financed by the Noreen Dickens Prize Fund.