The John Ireland Charitable Trust

Analysis

The John Ireland Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The John Ireland Charitable Trust reported income of £42k and spending of £68k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £25k to £42k (+67%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 169% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The John Ireland Charitable Trust sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Carducci Music Trust (£42k), Seaford Museum & Heritage Society (£42k) and Monmouth Male Voice Choir (£42k).

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.