The John Black Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The John Black Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07734413). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The John Black Charitable Foundation reported income of £4.1m and spending of £4.9m, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £4.9m to £4.1m (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The John Black Charitable Foundation sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity (£4.1m), Rape Crisis South London (£4.1m) and The Lady Fatemah (A.s.) Charitable Trust (£4.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £4.2m. Reserves of £78.4m would cover about 192 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

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.