The Juniper Trust

Analysis

The Juniper Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2026, The Juniper Trust reported income of £32k and spending of £30k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £36k to £32k (-10.0%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, The Juniper Trust sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Maswell Park Church (£31k), Go Africa (£32k) and Crawley Assemblies of God International (£31k).