Jack Livingstone Charitable Trust

Analysis

Jack Livingstone Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Altrincham. It was registered in October 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Jack Livingstone Charitable Trust reported income of £58k and spending of £224k, spending 386% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £44k to £58k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 357% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Jack Livingstone Charitable Trust sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Polo Charity Trust (£58k), Acts of Love International (£58k) and J S and N Hodari Charitable Trust (£58k).

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.