THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1015792 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Emergence Trust, J J CHARITABLE TRUST

Grant making

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£842k

Latest spending

£2.1m

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by 9.1% to £46.4m due to investment losses, resulting in a net unrestricted income of £489,052. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The Trust holds significant expendable endowment assets to support its charitable activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“2025: one employee who earned between £60,000 £70,000” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“The number of employees whose total employment benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for services provided to the Trust exceeded £60,000 was as follows: 2025: one employee who earned between £60,000 £70,000” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 0 (FY2024) → 1 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£842k

Total spending

£2.1m

Cost of raising funds

£206k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 24.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Claudia Gonella
JOHN JULIAN SAINSBURY · trustee of 2 other charities
LUCY GUARD
MARK LEONARD SAINSBURY · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Italy · Throughout England · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£842k	£2.1m
05/04/2024	£913k	£2.2m
05/04/2023	£804k	£2.0m
05/04/2022	£778k	£2.1m
05/04/2021	£674k	£1.7m

Common questions

Is THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased by 9.1% to £46.4m due to investment losses, resulting in a net unrestricted income of £489,052. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The Trust holds significant expendable endowment assets to support its charitable activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST DUNSTAN AND ALL SAINTS, STEPNEY	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARK LEONARD TRUST.

THE MARK LEONARD TRUST income £1.3m
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £6.3m
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST income £245k
THE JG CHARITABLE TRUST income £173k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k
THE AJS CHARITABLE TRUST income £157k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST	£842k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£6.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£245k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JG CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£173k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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