Butterfield's Edward Johnson Trust

Analysis

Butterfield's Edward Johnson Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ledbury. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Butterfield's Edward Johnson Trust reported income of £34k and spending of £38k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £36k to £34k (-5.4%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Butterfield's Edward Johnson Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Believe - Organ Donor Support (£34k), Al - Amaanah Foundation (UK) (£34k) and Bennu (£34k).