John Thacker Charitable Trust

Analysis

John Thacker Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, John Thacker Charitable Trust reported income of £57k and spending of £13k, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £26k to £57k (+119%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, John Thacker Charitable Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Education and Book Appeal Ghana (Teabag) (£57k), Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes (£57k) and The Chinese Centre (North of England) Ltd (£57k).