Sir John Priestman Charity Trust

Analysis

Sir John Priestman Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne and Wear. It was registered in February 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sir John Priestman Charity Trust reported income of £521k and spending of £577k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £550k to £521k (-5.2%), an average of -1.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Sir John Priestman Charity Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Cranbrook Foundation (£520k), Kurt Geiger Kindness Foundation (£529k) and Eversheds Sutherland (International) Charitable Trust (£519k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 92% of spending and raising funds 8.4%.

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.