JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Promoting advancement of education in the Christian religion amongst children and young peopleAdvancing Christian religion by providing grants to those undertaking training for a specific ministryRelieving poverty, advancing religion, promoting education and doing anything charitable for the benefit of the community

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL CAPACITIES AND SO AS TO ENSURE THAT THEY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. (B) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING) BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO CLERGY MISSIONARIES ORDINANDS CHURCH ARMY PERSONNEL OR LAY PEOPLE ENGAGED IN A SPECIFIC MINISTRY TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WHO ARE UNDERTAKING TRAINING IN RELATION TO THEIR MINISTRY BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR SUCH PERSONS. (C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY (AND ANY DISTRESS ARISING THEREFROM) CREATED BY SUDDEN OR UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING CLERGY OR THEIR FAMILIES MISSIONARIES OR CHRISTIAN LAY PEOPLE SERVING AT HOME AND OVERSEAS. FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 4 OF THE TRUST DEED.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL & OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,799,110, a decrease from the previous year's £1,810,886. The trustees report confirms that net assets decreased to £1,257,613 due to grant payments of £324,670 exceeding gross income of £21,790 plus investment sales proceeds. The charity maintains a reserves policy to cover future grant commitments, operating expenses, and urgent funding applications.

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 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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/02/2024, 1 day after the 31/01/2024 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~13.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carolyn Pate
• GORDON REID
• PHOEBE REID
• Rosemary Patricia Dunn · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

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