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THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1127796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Donations for youth work and veteran welfare

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£214k
Latest spending
£356k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £142,412 on activities before investment gains, resulting in a net movement in funds of £50,565. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £14,389,840 at year-end, with a reserves policy to maintain funds sufficient for current needs rather than building a specific reserve target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no specific target; funds under management sufficient for current needs (held: £14.4m)
“The Trustees intend to provide grant assistance to the level of the Trust's income in each year. For this reason, they do not intend to build a reserve beyond the funds under management, which provides sufficient funds for current needs.” — 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£307k
Cost of raising funds
£96k
Reserves (reported)
£13.3m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% 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: 3.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£214k£356k
31/03/2024£239k£338k
31/03/2023£2.7m£307k
31/03/2022£139k£261k
31/03/2021£1.4m£172k

Common questions

Is THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £142,412 on activities before investment gains, resulting in a net movement in funds of £50,565. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £14,389,840 at year-end, with a reserves policy to maintain funds sufficient for current needs rather than building a specific reserve target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST BRIDE FLEET STREET1£208

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCOTT (EREDINE) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JOHN SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST£214k—0unclear—no doubt
SCOTT (EREDINE) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£618k—0above—no doubt
THE SCS TRUST FY2024£166k—0within—no doubt
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£160k—0above—no doubt
As-Siraj Trust FY2025£807k—0unclear—no doubt

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