John Ackroyd Charitable Trust

Analysis

John Ackroyd Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in October 2005, 21 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, John Ackroyd Charitable Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £36k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £26k to £29k (+9.0%), an average of +2.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 241% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, John Ackroyd Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Martha Penelope Leggatt for a Parish Hall (£29k), The Ratcliffe Charitable Trust (£29k) and Issabelles Appeal (£29k).

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.