THE JOHN MASON FAMILY TRUST

Registered charity 1136856 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust provides grants to charitable organisations that: (i) relieve poverty or financial hardship in a sustainable way (eg through education provision and infrastructure support); (ii) work to prevent or ameliorate illness through public education and awareness-raising; and (iii) promote religious harmony and community cohesion. It also supports the charitable works of the Church of England.

Objects

3.1 TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, WITH PARTICULAREMPHASIS ON SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES INTHE UK NORTH WEST, BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS THAT ASSIST WITHEDUCATION, TRAINING AND OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT NEEDED FOR THE GENERATIONOF SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY.3.2 TO PREVENT OR IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS THROUGHPUBLIC EDUCATION AND, BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH, TO IMPROVE THEEFFECTIVENESS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN PREVENTING ILLNESS AND IN IMPROVINGPOTENTIAL OUTCOMES THROUGH EARLY DIAGNOSIS.3.3 (A) TO FURTHER THE RELIGIOUS AND OTHER CHARITABLE WORKS OF THE CHURCH OFENGLAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, INTHE DIOCESE OF CHESTER.(B) TO SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS THAT PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY.

Area of benefit: UK NORTH WEST AND DIOCESE OF CHESTER.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust's work is almost entirely reliant on income from its founding endowment, which generated £37,012 in the year. The Trust reported an overall surplus of about £6k for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £29,909, which is above the stated practical target of retaining about £5k in cash.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Philip Masonchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• JOAN LINDA MASON
• Kirsty Elsa Mason
• RICK GATES
• Rebecca Kathleen Mason

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MANSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

• THE MANSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £38k
• THE MASONS COMPANY CHARITABLE TRUST income £93k
• THE MASON TRUST income £111k
• The Johnson Family Charitable Trust income £199k
• JOHANSSON FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £843k
• THE DANSON FOUNDATION income £32k

Side by side with its peers

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