THE JOHN GILPIN TRUST

Registered charity 276710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust makes donations to charitable organisations and groups mainly in Cumbria Merseyside and East Suffolk

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS IN ENGLAND AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SELECT TO PAY SUCH SHARE TO OR FOR SUCH INSTITUTIONS OR OBJECTS IF MORE THAN ONE IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY THINK PROPER.

Area of benefit: ENGLAND

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: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£70k
Latest spending
£56k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £416,673 at the end of the financial year, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 4 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2024 (received 11/06/2025, 126 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 02/10/2024, 240 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 17/04/2023, 71 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 26/07/2022, 171 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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: Cumbria · Knowsley · Liverpool City · Sefton · St Helens · Suffolk · Wirral

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£70k£56k
05/04/2024£91k£51k
05/04/2023£52k£53k
05/04/2022£52k£42k
05/04/2021£50k£49k

Common questions

Is THE JOHN GILPIN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £416,673 at the end of the financial year, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JOHN GILPIN TRUST£70k—0unclear—no doubt
J A GILLETT CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
THE G C GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£560k—0unclear—no doubt
THE WEBB KINGPIN FOUNDATION FY2025£33k—0unclear—noted
THE JAMES GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£45k—0within—no doubt
THE GEOFFREY BURTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£28k—0above—no doubt

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