The Association of British Members of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta

Analysis

The Association of British Members of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05039938). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Association of British Members of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £902k to £1.4m (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Association of British Members of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kettering Association for Mental Health (£1.4m), The Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation (£1.4m) and Carers Trust Bucks and Milton Keynes (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 29%, trading 28%, donations and legacies 22% and charitable activities 21%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £25k. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 25%. Grants to other organisations totalled £229k. Reserves of £745k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

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.