Panju Jessa Charitable Trust

Analysis

Panju Jessa Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Watford. It was registered in February 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Panju Jessa Charitable Trust reported income of £90k and spending of £52k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £25k to £90k (+255%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income rose by 1446%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Panju Jessa Charitable Trust sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of All Saints, Caledonian Road (£90k), Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) the King's Borough Christian Fellowship (£90k) and MK Money Lifeline (£90k).