The John Charnley Trust

Analysis

The John Charnley Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in August 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The John Charnley Trust reported income of £74k and spending of £115k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income fell from £87k to £74k (-15%), an average of -4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 145% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The John Charnley Trust sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Makers of Playing Cards Charity (£74k), Sunningmead Community Association (£74k) and The Blackwood Engineering Trust (£74k).

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.