LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 326761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£227k

Latest spending

£242k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,212,566, which the trustees seek to maintain at a level sufficient to meet any further call upon the charity. The trustees report that systems have been established to manage major strategic and operational risks, and the independent auditors confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view without identifying material uncertainties regarding going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to meet any further call upon the Charity (held: £8.2m)

“The Trustees seek to maintain reserves at a level sufficient to meet any further call upon the Charity.” — page 3

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Consultancy charges of £1,650 were paid to trustee V M C Lyttle; charity administration charges of £4,173 were paid to trustee J W Desmond.

“The consultancy charges were made to V M C Lyttle. The charity administration charges were to J W Desmond.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Barnett Ravenscroft Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

ALASTAIR MICHAEL JAMES LYTTLE
DANIEL BENJAMIN ADAMS
JOHN WILLIAM DESMOND · trustee of 2 other charities
LYNN BROOKES · trustee of 1 other charity
VERENA CAROL ADAMS
VICTOR MICHAEL CLEMENTS LYTTLE FCA · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£227k	£242k
05/04/2025	£233k	£188k
05/04/2024	£213k	£243k
05/04/2023	£205k	£240k
05/04/2022	£172k	£233k

Common questions

Is LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,212,566, which the trustees seek to maintain at a level sufficient to meet any further call upon the charity. The trustees report that systems have been established to manage major strategic and operational risks, and the independent auditors confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view without identifying material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Barnett Ravenscroft Limited.

Charities like this

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

THE LAKE FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST income £288k
THE ARNOLD LEE CHARITABLE TRUST income £857k
THE CLEMENCE CHARITABLE TRUST income £150k
The Johnson Family Charitable Trust income £199k
THE BENSON AND LIONEL BLACK CHARITABLE TRUST income £834k
THE LYNNE AND NIGEL ROSS CHARITABLE TRUST income £284k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LILLIE JOHNSON CHARITABLE TRUST	£227k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LAKE FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£288k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ARNOLD LEE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£857k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CLEMENCE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026	£150k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Johnson Family Charitable Trust FY2025	£199k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BENSON AND LIONEL BLACK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£834k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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