The John Thomas Matthews Trust

Analysis

The John Thomas Matthews Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Ives. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The John Thomas Matthews Trust reported income of £23k and spending of £41k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £18k to £23k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 174% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The John Thomas Matthews Trust sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include All Saints Almshouses (£23k), John Higgs Almshouses (£23k) and Collins & Co Minority Resource and Legal Advocacy (£23k).

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.