The Shipwrights' Charitable fund is a registered charity 262043 incorporating 262045.

One of the main functions of a Livery Company is its charitable work. Their origins lie, after all, in guilds of craftsmen and merchants who clubbed together, long before the days of pensions and insurance, to provide a safety-net for widows and orphans, the aged and infirm, and members who had fallen on hard times. To this day a number of Companies continue their early tradition in running almshouses and old people's homes.