The John Cumber Charity

Analysis

The John Cumber Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in September 1982, 44 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The John Cumber Charity reported income of £18k and spending of £21k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £21k to £18k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The John Cumber Charity 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 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Baxendell Charitable Trust (£18k), The Alan Robert Laken Charitable Trust (£18k) and The Doreen Greenlees Discretionary Will Trust (£18k).