SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 233838 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q30296817 · also known as SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT

GRANT-MAKING

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

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

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

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)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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

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Side by side with its peers

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