JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1172606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

John King Brain Tumour Foundation is a registered charity supporting the Atkinson Morley Wing of St Georges Hospital, Tooting, UK treating glioblastoma brain tumour patients. With your support we are fundraising for the McKissock Ward garden, surgical equipment and research not currently funded by the NHS.

Objects

1. To promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of Gliomas (Brain Tumour) and other medical conditions and their families at St George's Hospital or such other hospitals as the Trustees think fit, by providing or assisting in the provision of equipment, facilities and services ancillary to those provided by the doctors and not normally provided by the statutory authorities.2. To advance education and research in the field of Gliomas (Brain Tumour) with the dissemination of the useful results of such research by the provision of financial support for research staff and equipment.

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

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

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£396k
Latest spending
£557k
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £56,203 in unrestricted reserves against a policy target of £30,000, representing 6-12 months of running costs. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £161,017 for the year, driven by significant charitable expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6-12 months of the charity’s general running costs (reserves figure: £56k)
“the charity needs to maintain in general reserves an amount that would cover 6-12 months of the charity’s general running costs. This amounts to £30,000 for the financial year ending 31 March 2025.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

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

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£396k£557k
31/03/2024£152k£116k
31/03/2023£256k£140k
31/03/2022£117k£33k
31/03/2021£99k£190k

Common questions

Is JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £56,203 in unrestricted reserves against a policy target of £30,000, representing 6-12 months of running costs. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £161,017 for the year, driven by significant charitable expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include Royal Warrant Holders' Charity.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ABDALLA FOUNDATIONFY2025Unverified read£45k
Royal Warrant Holders' CharityFY2025£3k
Royal Warrant Holders' CharityFY2024£3k
Royal Warrant Holders' CharityFY2023£1k
Royal Warrant Holders' CharityFY2022£500

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION£396k—0above—no doubt
JOSS SEARCHLIGHT FY2025£180k—0unclear36.5%no doubt
THE BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY FY2025£15.3m——unclear—no doubt
BRAINSTRUST FY2025£779k—0above—no doubt
HILLINGDON BRAIN TUMOUR & BRAIN INJURY GROUP FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
TOM'S TRUST FY2025£594k—0above—no doubt

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