JOHN ANDREWS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1002140 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Monmouthshire, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£188k
Latest spending
£273k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity maintains strong financial health with unrestricted free reserves of £197,697, which exceed the stated policy target of £100,000. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to meet all financial requirements and liabilities for the foreseeable future. The organization operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months operating costs and meet requests for funding received at short notice (reserves figure: £198k)
“The trustees have decided that they should keep free reserves of at least £100,000. This will enable them to meet three months operating costs and meet requests for funding received at short notice.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan from subsidiary S Andrews & Son Limited
“At the year end the loan balance due from S Andrews & Son Limited was £108,500 (2024: £100,000).” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: S Andrews and Son Ltd
“The trust holds the whole share capital of S Andrews and Son Ltd (Co No 00874992), a company that owns investment properties.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 6
  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 22/03/2024, 143 days after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£188k£273k
31/12/2024£356k£350k
31/12/2023£115k£166k
31/12/2022£328k£387k
31/12/2021£31k£7k

Common questions

Is JOHN ANDREWS CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity maintains strong financial health with unrestricted free reserves of £197,697, which exceed the stated policy target of £100,000. The trustees confirm that resources are sufficient to meet all financial requirements and liabilities for the foreseeable future. The organization operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ARTHUR JAMES PATERSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JOHN ANDREWS CHARITABLE TRUST£188k——above—no doubt
THE ARTHUR JAMES PATERSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
RJ AND AH DANIELS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£214k—0above—no doubt
THE ANDRE CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025£65k——unclear—no doubt
ANDREW ANDERSON TRUST FY2025£372k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.