The Jack Patston Charitable Trust
Analysis
The Jack Patston Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Peterborough. It was registered in June 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, religious activities and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.
In the financial year ending April 2025, The Jack Patston Charitable Trust reported income of £124k and spending of £125k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £111k to £124k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.
Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Jack Patston Charitable Trust sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of East Barnet (£124k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dagenham (£124k) and Cumberland Area Quaker Meeting (£124k).
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.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Other 100%
In the charity's own words
The trust fund and income is to be applied for such charitable purposes as the trustees may at their absolute discretion think fit, particularly in Leicestershire and Cambridgeshire and with particular regard to the preservation of wild life, the environment, the advancement of religion and the preservation of rural church fabric.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of East Barnet | 2 Cat Hill | £124k |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Dagenham | Dagenham | £124k |
| Cumberland Area Quaker Meeting | Cumbria | £124k |
| The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Bengeo, Hertford | Ware | £124k |