The Johnson Family Charitable Trust

Registered charity 1108720 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GUY JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LADHAM CHARITABLE TRUST

The charity is a grant making trust applying funds to charitable causes at the trustees discretion.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO PAY THEREFROM ALL THE COSTS AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE TRUSTEES IN ESTABLISHING AND ADMINISTERING THE CHARITY AND THE TRUST FUND AND SUBJECT THERETO AS TO THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AS THE PATRON MAY BY NOTICE IN WRITING TO THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE, FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTRUCTIONS, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE PROVIDED THAT IN SO ACTING THE TRUSTEES SHALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE WISHES OF THE PATRON COMMUNICATED TO THEM IN WRITING FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tunbridge Wells, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£199k
Latest spending
£161k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £959,140, driven by incoming resources of £199,432 against charitable expenditure of £157,219. The trustees report no ongoing expenditure and consider it unnecessary to hold reserves, while confirming no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unnecessary to hold any reserves (reserves figure: £959k)
“The Trustees therefore consider that it is unnecessary for the charity to hold any reserves.” — page 5
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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 4
  • 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
05/04/2025£199k£161k
05/04/2024£45k£129k
05/04/2023£21k£55k
05/04/2022£48k£54k
05/04/2021£75k£93k

Common questions

Is The Johnson Family Charitable Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £959,140, driven by incoming resources of £199,432 against charitable expenditure of £157,219. The trustees report no ongoing expenditure and consider it unnecessary to hold reserves, while confirming no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JOHANSSON FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Johnson Family Charitable Trust£199k—0above—no doubt
JOHANSSON FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£843k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JEREMY AND JOHN SACHER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£71k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MARJORIE AND GEOFFREY JONES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£6.3m—0unclear—no doubt

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