THE JOHN BOOTH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1127397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of any charitable purpose or object for the benefit of the public, primarily in England, by the provision of grants at the absolute discretion of the Trustee body. These are made largely in the areas of education, the arts and the Christian religion.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR OBJECT ("THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS") FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, PRIMARILY IN ENGLAND, BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AT THE ABSOLUTE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEE BODY.

Area of benefit: UNDEFIND. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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 · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Camden, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £23,809,236, driven by significant investment gains of £2,865,421. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £23,659,236, which the Trustees consider consistent with their policy to maintain a portfolio supporting grant-making objectives. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06782980 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WARNER, Martin Clive, The Right Reverend — director, appointed 19/12/2009not on trustee list
• ASHLEY, Timothy Mark — director, appointed 08/12/2009not on trustee list
• BOOTH, John David Sebastian — director, appointed 05/01/2009not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~110.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (54% 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: 9.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• John David Sebastian Booth CVOchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• MR TM ASHLEY
• THE RT REVD DR MC WARNER · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

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.

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Side by side with its peers

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