The Jack Dollond Foundation

Analysis

The Jack Dollond Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Jack Dollond Foundation reported income of £55k and spending of £198k, spending 357% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £55k to £55k (+0.8%), an average of +0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 340% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Jack Dollond Foundation sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Word of Life Christian Centre Darlington (£55k), Supporting Tanzanian Orphans and Widows (Stow) (£56k) and Spirit of Life Church (£55k).

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.