Jireh Community Project Trust

Analysis

Jireh Community Project Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in June 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Jireh Community Project Trust reported income of £53k and spending of £68k, spending 128% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £51k to £53k (+3.6%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Jireh Community Project Trust 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 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Champness Hall Christian Church (£53k), Sherborne Food Bank (£53k) and St Bede with St Clement Toxteth (£53k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.