The Jonas Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Jonas Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Jonas Charitable Trust reported income of £294k and spending of £352k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £338k to £294k (-13%), an average of -3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Jonas Charitable Trust sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Federated Foundation (Also Known As the Borwick Charitable Trust) (£294k), Leicester Rape Crisis Limited (£295k) and The Church of the Lord (Aladura) (£294k).