JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION
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.
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.
What the accounts disclose
“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.”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
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
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/05/2024)
Trustees
- LAURA KINGchair
- ANDREW SHARLAND
- Anne Elizabeth Donoghue
- BILL KNOTT
- BRUCE LANGLANDS
- Christine Sullivan
- Dr TIMOTHY JONES
- GILL EASTWOOD
- HOLLY KING
- RONAN DUNNE
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE ABDALLA FOUNDATION | FY2025 | Unverified read£45k | |
| Royal Warrant Holders' Charity | FY2025 | £3k | |
| Royal Warrant Holders' Charity | FY2024 | £3k | |
| Royal Warrant Holders' Charity | FY2023 | £1k | |
| Royal Warrant Holders' Charity | FY2022 | £500 |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | 2 | £377k |
| THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED | 2 | £19k |
| SANDRA CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £14k |
| SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £12k |
| THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £4k |
| THE FRANK LITCHFIELD GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £3k |
| THE EDWARD GOSTLING FOUNDATION | 1 | £200k |
| MOONDANCE FOUNDATION | 1 | £132k |
Charities like this
- JOSS SEARCHLIGHT
- THE BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY
- BRAINSTRUST
- HILLINGDON BRAIN TUMOUR & BRAIN INJURY GROUP
- TOM'S TRUST
- BRAINSTORM (THE OXFORD BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION) CIO
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN KING BRAIN TUMOUR FOUNDATION | £396k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| JOSS SEARCHLIGHT | £180k | — | 0 | unclear | 36.5% | no doubt |
| THE BRAIN TUMOUR CHARITY | £15.3m | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| BRAINSTRUST | £779k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| HILLINGDON BRAIN TUMOUR & BRAIN INJURY GROUP | £156k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| TOM'S TRUST | £594k | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |