The John Thornhill Memorial Trust

Analysis

The John Thornhill Memorial Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bakewell. It was registered in February 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 02343769). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The John Thornhill Memorial Trust reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.3m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+43%), an average of +9.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Thornhill Memorial Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lewisham Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited (£1.5m), The Considered Ask Foundation (£1.5m) and The Rockspring Charitable Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 people.