JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 216974 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

assists employees/pensioners experiencing hardship

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£73k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £609,690, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £18,153 to £36,306 (three to six months of expenditure). The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six months of the resources expended (held: £610k)

“The Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds which the trust holds and which are not committed (“free reserves”) should be between three and six months of the resources expended, which equates to £18,153 to £36,306.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£73k

Cost of raising funds

£16k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% 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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DANIELLE BURLINSON
Elizabeth Ann Wade
Helen Wood
Liam Vogel
Timothy James Morris

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£1.1m	£73k
05/04/2024	£104k	£65k
05/04/2023	£91k	£48k
05/04/2022	£78k	£47k
05/04/2021	£54k	£47k

Common questions

Is JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £609,690, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated policy target of £18,153 to £36,306 (three to six months of expenditure). The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and the independent auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.

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
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£183k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
RICHARD WATTS AND THE CITY OF ROCHESTER ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES	1	£200
IRWIN MITCHELL CHARITIES FOUNDATION	1	£14

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JOHN A THOMPSON MEMORIAL TRUST.

JOHN A THOMPSON MEMORIAL TRUST income £444k
THE J G HOGG CHARITABLE TRUST income £681k
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST income £187k
THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £330k
CENTRAL HARDSHIP AND RELIEF TRUST income £2.9m
HUGGARD income £3.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST	£1.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
JOHN A THOMPSON MEMORIAL TRUST FY2025	£444k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE J G HOGG CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£681k	—	above	—	no doubt
SIR JOSEPH WILLIAMSON'S CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TALISMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£330k	—	within	—	no doubt
CENTRAL HARDSHIP AND RELIEF TRUST FY2025	£2.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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