NICHOLAS AND JUDITH GOODISON'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Registered charity 1004124 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIR NICHOLAS AND LADY GOODISON'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

Gifts to charities concerned with arts and arts-related education

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME 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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£79k
Latest spending
£62k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity's unrestricted reserves increased to £2,138,948, supported by investment gains of £317,906 and investment income of £79,288. Charitable expenditure totaled £62,010, resulting in a net income increase of £335,184 for the year. The trustees consider the level of reserves sufficient and appropriate in light of future plans, with no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Judith Goodison, a Trustee, is a Patron of the Attingham Trust to which the Settlement granted £8,000 (2025: £3,000). There are no other related party transactions.
“Judith Goodison, a Trustee, is a Patron of the Attingham Trust to which the Settlement granted £8,000 (2025: £3,000). There are no other related party transactions.” — page 11
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 05/04/2026

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2026£79k£62k
05/04/2025£86k£72k
05/04/2024£105k£74k
05/04/2023£118k£40k
05/04/2022£57k£53k

Common questions

Is NICHOLAS AND JUDITH GOODISON'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity's unrestricted reserves increased to £2,138,948, supported by investment gains of £317,906 and investment income of £79,288. Charitable expenditure totaled £62,010, resulting in a net income increase of £335,184 for the year. The trustees consider the level of reserves sufficient and appropriate in light of future plans, with no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SUSAN AND STEPHEN JAMES CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NICHOLAS AND JUDITH GOODISON'S CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT£79k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SUSAN AND STEPHEN JAMES CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2024£377—0unclear—no doubt
THE JG CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£173k—0unclear—no doubt
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£398k—0unclear—no doubt
THE EDDLESTON SETTLEMENT FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt
Caister Community Support FY2026£48k—0unclear—no doubt

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