John Foster Charitable Trust

Analysis

John Foster Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, John Foster Charitable Trust reported income of £24k and spending of £28k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £17k to £24k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, John Foster Charitable Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Queens Road Unitarian Free Church Urmston (£24k), Worsbrough Community Church (£24k) and Acton Community Church (£24k).