John James Charitable Trust

Analysis

John James Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, John James Charitable Trust reported income of £344k and spending of £477k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £82k to £344k (+321%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 2920%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, John James Charitable Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Austell (£344k), Sutton Coldfield United Reformed Church (£344k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Kensal Green (£344k).