The John Beckwith Charitable Trust

Analysis

The John Beckwith Charitable 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The John Beckwith Charitable Trust reported income of £39k and spending of £116k, spending 295% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £145k to £39k (-73%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 472%. Over the whole period it spent 210% 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 Beckwith Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Thembalitsha UK (£39k), Association for Yoga Studies (Ays) (£39k) and Salifu Dagarti Foundation (£39k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.