THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 207481 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Grant making

Objects

(A) PROVISION OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, LIBRARIES AND ART GALLERIES. (B) ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE. (C) THE GENERAL BENEFIT OF THE SICK AND THE POOR. (D) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

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Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£217k

Latest spending

£372k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,446,637 after deducting exceptional receipts, with total unrestricted funds at £3,446,637. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Total net assets increased to £6,613,494, driven by a surplus in the year and significant gains on investment assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which would enable them to continue to make appropriate levels of donations to suitable applicants as the need arises, including major donations to exceptional projects (reserves figure: £1.4m)

“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which would enable them to continue to make appropriate levels of donations to suitable applicants as the need arises, including major donations to exceptional projects.” — page 7

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

MRS DONA WOMACKchair
Adrian Thomas Graves
Gavin Jon Richards · trustee of 1 other charity
JACQUELINE DRAYTON
JOHN CLIVE BRAMAH · trustee of 1 other charity
Kim Streets
PETER PRICE MBE · trustee of 3 other charities
Professor Solomon Tesfaye · trustee of 1 other charity
RODERICK PLEWS
Susan Mary Greaves

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

Operates in: Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£217k	£372k
31/12/2024	£235k	£283k
31/12/2023	£240k	£219k
31/12/2022	£185k	£215k
31/12/2021	£178k	£199k

Common questions

Is THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £1,446,637 after deducting exceptional receipts, with total unrestricted funds at £3,446,637. The trustees confirm the charity has sufficient reserves to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Total net assets increased to £6,613,494, driven by a surplus in the year and significant gains on investment assets. 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 IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

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

THE JG CHARITABLE TRUST income £173k
THE JAGCLIF CHARITABLE TRUST income £33.0m
THE C J M CHARITABLE TRUST income £100k
M I CHARITABLE TRUST income £21k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k
ENGLISH HOLDINGS CHARITABLE TRUST income £398k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JG CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£173k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JAGCLIF CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£33.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE C J M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£100k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
M I CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£21k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£842k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt

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