Julian Smith's 1988 Charity Trust

Analysis

Julian Smith's 1988 Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1988, 38 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. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Julian Smith's 1988 Charity Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £19k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £14k (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 932%. Over the whole period it spent 48% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Julian Smith's 1988 Charity Trust sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christian Faith Centre (£14k), Newark Youth Trust (£14k) and Corinthian Church and Healing Association (£14k).

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.