The John R. Murray Charitable Trust

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending December 2025, The John R. Murray Charitable Trust reported income of £275k and spending of £8.2m, spending 2981% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £295k to £275k (-6.8%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 1918% 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 R. Murray Charitable Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Grove Trust (£273k), The Charlotte Heber-Percy Charitable Trust (£275k) and The Hummingbird Centre (£272k).

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.