The William Johnston Trust Fund

Analysis

The William Johnston Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The William Johnston Trust Fund reported income of £32k and spending of £54k, spending 166% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £47k to £32k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The William Johnston Trust Fund sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Light of the World Holy Ghost Church of God (£32k), Community Money Advice Launceston Limited (£32k) and The Michael and Betty Little Trust (£32k).