The Jonathan Symons Will Trust
At a glance
Key takeaways
- The trustees choose which charities or purposes to support in their absolute discretion, and the latest annual report lists grants to UK charities across a varied range of recipients without stating their purposes, so the annual report does not show whether a specific project fits.
- Most grants are about £10,000 (the median), and about 8 in 10 of its 12 grants to organisations fall between £10,000 and £565,000; that band is typical rather than a ceiling, since the largest grant was £575,000, so a modest request near £10,000 sits comfortably within its usual pattern.
- No application process is published, so the only route the annual report gives is to write to the contact shown in the annual report or the register entry, which is for getting in touch.
- The annual report states no exclusions or eligibility conditions, and nothing in the annual report shows how many applications the trust receives or whether it favours existing contacts, so a short, specific approach is the sensible first step.
Overview
The Jonathan Symons Will Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1196461).
The Jonathan Symons Will Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, charity number 1196461. Its purpose is to support such charity or charities, or such charitable purposes, as its trustees determine in their absolute discretion. During the latest reporting period its trustees made grants to various UK charities totalling £1,240,000.
What they fund
Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 December 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.
Priority Areas
The Will Trust supports charities and charitable purposes chosen by its trustees in their absolute discretion. It makes grants to other charitable bodies, and its latest report records grants to UK charities. The recipients listed include organisations whose names indicate aid, dance, theatre, synagogue and Jewish community services, Holocaust library work, community security, and hospice care. The report supplies no purposes for those grants, so recipient names show a varied range but do not establish specific funding themes. The trustees determine which charities or charitable purposes to support.
Geographic Focus
Priority: UK.
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report or its register entry. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- United Kingdom
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Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 12 grants in year to 31 December 2025 by size
Median £10,000 (year to 31 December 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Achisomoch Aid£575,000year to 31 December 2025
- Norwood Ravenswood£565,000year to 31 December 2025
- Almeida Theatre£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- Children and War UK£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- Community Security Trust£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- Hospice in the Weald£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- Israeli Dance Institute£10,000year to 31 December 2025
- North Western Reform Synagogue (Alyth)£10,000year to 31 December 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
4 years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 December 2022 | £3,614,023 | £63,154 | £48,587 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2022 |
| year to 31 December 2023 | £-73,340 | £19,432 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2023 |
| year to 31 December 2024 | £81,889 | £563,176 | — | Accounts for year to 31 December 2024 |
| year to 31 December 2025 | £28,361 | £1,275,460 | £1,240,000 | Accounts for year to 31 December 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
In 1 of the 2 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
- Annual report (year to 31 December 2025)
This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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