The John Parker Charitable Trust

Analysis

The John Parker Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Whiteley. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending November 2025, The John Parker Charitable Trust reported income of £45k and spending of £56k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to November 2025, income grew from £22k to £45k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to November 2025, when income rose by 135%. Over the whole period it spent 143% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The John Parker Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bent & Bongs Charitable Trust (£45k), The Bridgepoint Group Foundation (£45k) and Cray Valley War Memorial Hall (£45k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.