The Edna Johnson Will Trust Charity

Analysis

The Edna Johnson Will Trust Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The Edna Johnson Will Trust Charity reported income of £32k and spending of £38k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £18k to £32k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 119% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Edna Johnson Will Trust Charity sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Thompson Family Foundation (£32k), Furley Page Foundation CIO (£32k) and Aspect Charitable Trust (£32k).

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.