The John Booth Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The John Booth Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06782980). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The John Booth Charitable Foundation reported income of £660k and spending of £2.5m, spending 376% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £660k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 223% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The John Booth Charitable Foundation sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alive Publishing Limited (£660k), International Buddhist Progress Society (UK) (£660k) and Bristol Baptist College (£659k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 54% and investments 46%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.4m. Reserves of £22.8m would cover about 110 months of spending at that rate.

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.