THE JOHN BECKWITH CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 800276 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To make grants to other charities, organisations and individuals.

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£39k
Latest spending
£116k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is confirmed to continue as a going concern for a period in excess of twelve months. The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for internal controls and confirm no instances of fraud or irregularities were detected. There were no capital or funding commitments as at the year end.

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 2 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.

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 05/04/2024

  • 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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 12/02/2026, 7 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2024 (received 06/02/2025, 1 day after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 16/04/2024, 71 days after the 05/02/2024 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£39k£116k
05/04/2024£46k£130k
05/04/2023£242k£129k
05/04/2022£42k£423k
05/04/2021£145k£280k

Common questions

Is THE JOHN BECKWITH CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is confirmed to continue as a going concern for a period in excess of twelve months. The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for internal controls and confirm no instances of fraud or irregularities were detected. There were no capital or funding commitments as at the year end. 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 BECKWITH CHARITABLE TRUST£39k——unclear—no doubt
THE GLASS-HOUSE TRUST FY2025£277k——unclear—no doubt
CMSB CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£227k—0below—noted
HHGC CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£37k——unclear—no doubt
THE TWO WALTERS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£53k—0above—no doubt
THE CHRISTOPHER & KIRSTY JOHNSTON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£125k—0unclear—no doubt

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