SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 233838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

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Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£3.6m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1,703,514 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by grant expenditure exceeding investment income. However, this was offset by net investment gains of £6,945,183, resulting in a net positive movement in funds of £5,241,669 and total funds increasing to £125,095,603. The Trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Employees paid over £60,000: 8

“The number of employees whose emoluments are above £60,000 during the year was:- No. No. £110,000 - £120,000 7 1 £120,000 - £130,000 1 -” — page 26

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The Trust does not need to retain unrestricted income funds as reserves although in some years such funds can remain due to the timing of commitments. There were no such balances extant on 31% December 2025,” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Richard Benson — Trust Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£3.6m

Cost of raising funds

£183k

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: Investments (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: 9.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ELIZABETH SARAH CHARALchair
Ben Dulieu · trustee of 1 other charity
JULIAN DAVID FREDERICK IDE
MR MARK LEVER · trustee of 1 other charity
PROFESSOR DAVID LOWELL RUSSELL-JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
Professor Sharon Jayne Peacock · trustee of 2 other charities
Sasha Charal
Timothy Harvey-Samuel
WILLIAM HENRY SPORBORG · trustee of 1 other charity

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.9m	£3.6m
31/12/2024	£2.1m	£2.8m
31/12/2023	£2.0m	£3.9m
31/12/2022	£1.6m	£3.8m
31/12/2021	£1.4m	£5.8m

Common questions

Is SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £1,703,514 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by grant expenditure exceeding investment income. However, this was offset by net investment gains of £6,945,183, resulting in a net positive movement in funds of £5,241,669 and total funds increasing to £125,095,603. The Trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue its activities for the foreseeable future with no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

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
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£24k

Charities like this

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

THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £217k
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST income £222k
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £6.3m
THORNBIRCH LIMITED income £614k
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST income £842k
RACHEL CHARITABLE TRUST income £5.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST	£1.9m	—	8	below	—	no doubt
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
DELVES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£222k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE THOMPSON FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£6.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THORNBIRCH LIMITED FY2023	£614k	—	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.