The Jericho Foundation

Analysis

The Jericho Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02845852). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Jericho Foundation reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.5m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.5m (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Jericho Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shree Kutch Leva Patel Community (UK ) (£2.5m), Union Chapel Project (£2.5m) and The Faversham Municipal Charities 2010 (£2.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 63% and donations and legacies 37%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 3.3%. Reserves of £407k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 108 people.