Dr Johnson's House Trust Limited

Analysis

Dr Johnson's House Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06430304). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Dr Johnson's House Trust Limited reported income of £257k and spending of £322k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £247k to £257k (+4.1%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 118%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Dr Johnson's House Trust Limited sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Music Wales/Cerddoriaeth Gymunedol Cymru (£257k), Yorkshire College of Music and Drama (£258k) and The Peggy Ramsay Foundation (£257k).