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JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 328359 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£344k
Latest spending
£477k
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

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.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to cover all grant commitments made for future years; such sums as the Trustees consider appropriate to meet the Trust's proper operating expenses each year; and such sums as the Trustees consider reasonable to meet any applications for urgent funding (held: £1.8m)
“The Trustwill always hold in reserve (i) sufficient funds to cover all grant commitments madefor future years; (ii) such sums as the Trustees consider appropriate to meet the Trust's proper operating expenses each year and(iii) such sums as the Trustees consider reasonable to meet any applications for urgent funding which maybe received from timeto time.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit).

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~13.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£344k£477k
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2023£44k£140k
31/03/2022£109k£111k
31/03/2021£82k£110k

Common questions

Is JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

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FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BEAULAND LIMITED1£50k
GEFEN FOUNDATION1£0

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