John James Underdown Charitable Trust

Analysis

John James Underdown Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, John James Underdown Charitable Trust reported income of £27k and spending of £47k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £25k to £27k (+9.8%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 225% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, John James Underdown Charitable Trust sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% 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 Orchard Junior School PTFA (£27k), Brixworth Centre Management Committee (£27k) and Ovingham Village Hall (£27k).

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.