THE RONALD AND JOAN JOHNSTON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1186784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

SUCH WHOLLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MY EXECUTORS SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE

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 · Disability · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£67k
Latest spending
£76k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The trust maintains unrestricted reserves of £2,455,072, which the trustees state is maintained at a level equivalent to at least six months' expenditure as per their reserves policy. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, with trustees expressing reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month’s expenditure (reserves figure: £2.5m)
“It is the policy of the trust that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to at least six month’s expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 17/03/2026, 40 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2024 (received 23/04/2025, 77 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 16/08/2024, 193 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 20/02/2023, 15 days after the 05/02/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2021)

Total income
£2.5m
Total spending
£34k
Reserves (reported)
£2.4m
Employees
0

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£67k£76k
05/04/2024£58k£83k
05/04/2023£64k£60k
05/04/2022£73k£52k
05/04/2021£2.5m£34k

Common questions

Is THE RONALD AND JOAN JOHNSTON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The trust maintains unrestricted reserves of £2,455,072, which the trustees state is maintained at a level equivalent to at least six months' expenditure as per their reserves policy. The accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, with trustees expressing reasonable expectation that the trust has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
M B FOUNDATION (ALSO KNOWN AS MOSSAD HORAV MOSHE ARYEH HALEVY)1£37k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE RONALD AND JOAN JOHNSTON CHARITABLE TRUST£67k—0above—no doubt
JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.1m—0above—no doubt
THE ROLY AND JUNE TONGE FOUNDATION FY2024£267k—0unclear—no doubt
RJ AND AH DANIELS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£214k—0above—no doubt
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£227k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROSTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt

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