John Moores Painting Prize Trust

Registered charity 511073 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JOHN MOORES EXHIBITIONS, JOHN MOORES LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION, THE JOHN MOORES LIVERPOOL EXHIBITION TRUST

Promotion of an exhibition of contemporary painting or other visual art, currently every two years

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ART BY SPONSORING PROMOTING OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER ASSISTING IN THE PROMOTION OF AN EXHIBITION OR EXHIBITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY PAINTING OR OTHER VISUAL ART.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£86k
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds are in deficit with a negative balance of £14,704, although the trustees have discretionary power to convert expendable endowment funds to cover this. The charity's total net assets decreased to £1,143,737 due to investment losses and expenditure exceeding income, but the trustees consider the present level of funds sufficient to broadly fund current operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donation from trustee
“During the prior year, Lord C.J. Grantchester, a trustee, donated £12,500 (including gift aid) to the charity. There have been no donations in 2025.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: China · Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£31k£86k
05/04/2024£46k£56k
05/04/2023£34k£99k
05/04/2022£29k£38k
05/04/2021£97k£53k

Common questions

Is John Moores Painting Prize Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds are in deficit with a negative balance of £14,704, although the trustees have discretionary power to convert expendable endowment funds to cover this. The charity's total net assets decreased to £1,143,737 due to investment losses and expenditure exceeding income, but the trustees consider the present level of funds sufficient to broadly fund current operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SIR ROBERT GEFFERY'S ALMSHOUSE TRUST1£6k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JOHN MOORES FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
John Moores Painting Prize Trust£31k—0unclear—no doubt
JOHN MOORES FOUNDATION FY2025£613k£60,000 - £70,0001below—no doubt
THE JOHN GOLDING ARTISTIC TRUST FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
LIFE WITH ART FY2026£372k—0unclear—no doubt
THE J J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£842k£60,001 - £70,0001unclear—no doubt
ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER-PRINTMAKERS FY2025£126k—0below—no doubt

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