Johnson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Johnson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Runcorn. It was registered in November 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Johnson Charitable Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £73k, leaving 93% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £54k to £1.1m (+1936%), an average of +112% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 952%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Johnson Charitable Trust sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Institute of Food Science and Technology (£1.1m), The Benzi Dunner Schools Trust (£1.1m) and Imo Charity (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88% and investments 12%. Charitable activities took 78% of spending and raising funds 22%.