Jim Cousins Trust

Analysis

Jim Cousins Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Jim Cousins Trust reported income of £60k and spending of £102k, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £36k to £60k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 124% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Jim Cousins Trust sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingley Vale Group Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporating Carriage Driving (£60k), 6th Beeston Scout and Cub Group of Boy Scouts (£60k) and Journeyman UK (£60k).

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.