The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05009290). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust reported income of £58k and spending of £70k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £73k to £58k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% 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 Newquay Towan Blystra Lions Club (CIO) (£58k), 1st Cheshunt Scout Group (£59k) and Basford Hall Miners Welfare Centre (£58k).

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.