Registered charity · London
SIR Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
- 9 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Elizabeth Sarah CharalChair · since 2003
- Ben DulieuTrustee · since 2025
- Julian David Frederick IDETrustee · since 2016
- MR Mark LeverTrustee · since 2016
- Professor David Lowell Russell-JonesTrustee · since 2005
- Professor Sharon Jayne PeacockTrustee · since 2023
- Sasha CharalTrustee · since 2026
- Timothy Harvey-SamuelTrustee · since 2021
- William Henry SporborgTrustee · since 2003
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- Website
- www.julesthorntrust.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£3.6m
- 2024£2.1m£2.8m
- 2023£2.0m£3.9m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.6m£3.8m
- 2021£1.4m£5.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
FOR SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Grants given
667 grants · £8,489,766 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top recipients
- King?s College London · £1,699,572
- Imperial College London · £1,692,891
- University of Oxford · £974,226
- University of York · £450,000
- University of Cambridge · £400,000
Most recent
- Autism NI (PAPA)
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Elizabeth Sarah Charal Chair since 2003
- Ben Dulieu since 2025
- Julian David Frederick IDE since 2016
- MR Mark Lever since 2016
- Professor David Lowell Russell-Jones since 2005
- Professor Sharon Jayne Peacock since 2023
- Sasha Charal since 2026
- Timothy Harvey-Samuel since 2021
- William Henry Sporborg since 2003
Trustees past 6 years
- Elizabeth Sarah Charal Chair since 2003
- Julian David Frederick IDE since 2016
- MR Mark Lever since 2016
- Professor David Lowell Russell-Jones since 2005
- William Henry Sporborg since 2003
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Elizabeth Sarah Charal Chair since 2003
- Julian David Frederick IDE since 2016
- Sasha Charal since 2026
- Timothy Harvey-Samuel since 2021
Portfolio (5)
- Ben Dulieu since 2025
- MR Mark Lever since 2016
- Professor David Lowell Russell-Jones since 2005
- Professor Sharon Jayne Peacock since 2023
- William Henry Sporborg since 2003
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 233838
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- SETTLEMENT DATED 18TH FEBRUARY 1964
- Contact on the register
- 02074875851 · info@julesthorntrust.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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