George Jobson's Trust

Analysis

George Jobson's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in December 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, George Jobson's Trust reported income of £20k and spending of £18k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,523 to £20k (+140%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 191% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, George Jobson's Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parish Hall (£20k), North Somercotes Playing Field (£20k) and Stockton-On-Tees Unit 319 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£20k).