JOHN HORNIMAN'S CHILDREN'S TRUST

Registered charity 222730 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JOHN HORNIMAN CONVALESCENT HOME

The objectives of the Trust are to the relief of sickness and the advancement of children, who are sick, convalescent, disabled, or have learning disabilities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE(1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATIONOF CHILDREN WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED OR INFIRM.

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£127k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds amounted to £379,219 at the end of the year, with total assets less current liabilities totaling £1,392,910. The trustees consider the current level of reserves adequate for the needs of the charity, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: retain an amount to meet commitments for grants (reserves figure: £379k)
“The Trustees aim to receive an annual income from investments of £80,000, to retain an amount to meet commitments for grants. The Trustees may also apply some of the unapplied total return to respond to applications for grants and to cover support costs.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd. 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.

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

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£52k£127k
31/12/2024£53k£142k
31/12/2023£55k£146k
31/12/2022£44k£130k
31/12/2021£41k£145k

Common questions

Is JOHN HORNIMAN'S CHILDREN'S TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds amounted to £379,219 at the end of the year, with total assets less current liabilities totaling £1,392,910. The trustees consider the current level of reserves adequate for the needs of the charity, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JOHN HORNIMAN'S CHILDREN'S TRUST£52k—0unclear—no doubt
ROBYN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£98k—0above—no doubt
CHILDREN TODAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£278k—0unclear—noted
THE CHILDHOOD TRUST FY2025£3.3m£80,001 - £90,0001below—no doubt
THE CHILDREN'S FAMILY TRUST FY2025£9.7m——unclear—no doubt
THE HARLEY JAE TRUST FY2025£57k—0unclear—no doubt

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