The John Scott Charitable Trust

Analysis

The John Scott Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dumfermline. It was registered in January 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The John Scott Charitable Trust reported income of £214k and spending of £356k, spending 167% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £214k (-84%), an average of -37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 1881%. Over the whole period it spent 31% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The John Scott Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hexham Community Church (£214k), Lifespring Church and Centre (£214k) and Berest Charities (£214k).