THE JOHN HARTSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1151319 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC044053 (OSCR)

The charity carries out fundraising activities and publicises the charity to raise funds to allow it to financially support cancer sufferers and their families and to raise awareness of testicular cancer

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£194k

Latest spending

£199k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,458 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds carried forward from £54,844 to £49,386. The trustees aim for a minimum of three months of unrestricted undesignated reserves, which stood at £49,426 at the year-end. The charity plans to continue growing its flagship fundraising events to increase income for partner cancer charities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months unrestricted undesignated reserves (held: £49k)

“The trustees aim for a minimum of 3 months unrestricted undesignated reserves.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — John Hartson Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/09/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

SARAH HARTSONchair
Stephen Mullen

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£194k	£199k
31/03/2024	£189k	£169k
31/03/2023	£150k	£153k
31/03/2022	£82k	£86k
31/03/2021	£28k	£20k

Common questions

Is THE JOHN HARTSON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £5,458 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds carried forward from £54,844 to £49,386. The trustees aim for a minimum of three months of unrestricted undesignated reserves, which stood at £49,426 at the year-end. The charity plans to continue growing its flagship fundraising events to increase income for partner cancer charities. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE VALENTINE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE ALICE ELLEN COOPER-DEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with IT'S IN THE BAG CANCER SUPPORT LTD.

IT'S IN THE BAG CANCER SUPPORT LTD income £256k
THE DORSET CANCER CARE FOUNDATION income £258k
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION income £14.9m
THE HEARN FOUNDATION income £4.4m
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO income £502k
THE HARRISON-FRANK FAMILY FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £884k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE JOHN HARTSON FOUNDATION	£194k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
IT'S IN THE BAG CANCER SUPPORT LTD FY2024	£256k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE DORSET CANCER CARE FOUNDATION FY2025	£258k	—	above	23.1%	no doubt
THE CHRIS BANTON FOUNDATION FY2025	£14.9m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE HEARN FOUNDATION FY2025	£4.4m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH TRUST CIO FY2024	£502k	—	above	—	no doubt

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