John Jackson Charitable Trust

Analysis

John Jackson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in April 2011, 15 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 individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, John Jackson Charitable Trust reported income of £557k and spending of £607k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £440k to £557k (+27%), an average of +6.1% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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 Jackson Charitable Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Charity (£557k), Paul for Brain Recovery (£557k) and African and Caribbean Mental Health Services (£556k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 42% of spending and raising funds 56%. Grants to other organisations totalled £201k. Reserves of £62k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.