Just Society Trust

Registered charity 1174898 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JOHN SMITH TRUST

To advance education in relation to democratic systems of government, social justice and the rule of law by? Running fellowship programmes that give young present and future leaders the opportunity to explore issues of governance, rule of law and social justice;? maintaining an active worldwide network of alumni to share experience and learning across borders.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UK AND ABROAD IN POLITICAL SCIENCES, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW. IT WILL DO THIS BY:•RUNNING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMMES THAT GIVE YOUNG PRESENT AND FUTURE LEADERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE ISSUES OF GOVERNANCE, RULE OF LAW AND SOCIAL JUSTICE;•PROVIDING LECTURES, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND PUBLICATIONS;•CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;•MAINTAINING AN ACTIVE WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF ALUMNI TO SHARE EXPERIENCE AND LEARNING ACROSS BORDERS.

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with a surplus of £14,646, increasing unrestricted reserves to £240,291. However, the trustees highlight significant financial risks, noting that income is exclusively short-term project-based funding from predominantly one donor, creating dependency on securing future funding. Additionally, cashflow is strained by a mismatch between quarterly donor payments received in arrears and the need to settle supplier debts within 30 days.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding 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)

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander David Just
• Baroness Alison Mary Suttie · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma MacLennan
• Jeremy Craig Oliphant
• Lord John Alderdice

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

Operates in: Armenia · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Georgia · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Moldova · Russia · Tajikistan · Throughout England And Wales · Turkmenistan · Ukraine

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with The Social Justice Network.

• The Social Justice Network income £346k
• JUSTICE income £1.7m
• THE 21ST CENTURY TRUST income £106k
• EQUITABLE CHARITY TRUST income £367k
• SIMPLE REASON income £61k
• THE LAW SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £126k

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