The Jean Carr Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Jean Carr Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in September 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Jean Carr Charitable Trust reported income of £16k and spending of £25k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,484 to £16k (+88%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 243% 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 Jean Carr Charitable Trust sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rock House Foundation (£16k), Merseyside Water Rescue (£16k) and Khan Foundation Bangladesh (£16k).

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.