The Jonathan Symons Will Trust

Analysis

The Jonathan Symons Will Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2021, 5 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Jonathan Symons Will Trust reported income of £28k and spending of £1.3m, spending 4497% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2025, income fell from £3.6m to £28k (-99%), an average of -80% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Jonathan Symons Will Trust sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Supporting Ugandan Education (£28k), Saddleworth School Fund (£28k) and Rotary Club of Tottington and Bury West Charitable Trust Fund (£28k).

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.