The Johnson Foundation

Analysis

The Johnson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in April 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02109197). It says it makes grants to organisations, sponsors or undertakes research and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Johnson Foundation reported income of £366k and spending of £317k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £93k to £366k (+295%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 7231%. Over the whole period it spent 43% 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 Johnson Foundation sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% 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 Ripple Pond (£366k), Canolfan Hamdden Beaumaris A'r Cylch (£367k) and 61st Doncaster (Bentley) Air Scout Group (£366k).