The John Guest Charitable Trust

Analysis

The John Guest Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 2023, 3 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The John Guest Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £37k, spending 309% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from April 2024 to April 2025, income fell from £32k to £12k (-63%), an average of -63% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The John Guest Charitable Trust sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Royal Forest of Dean Carriage Driving Group Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving (£12k), The Royal Air Forces Association - Stockton and Thornaby Branch (£12k) and Olive Woolf Holiday Trust Fund (£12k).