The A and J Charitable Trust

Analysis

The A and J Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The A and J Charitable Trust reported income of £590k and spending of £921k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £650k to £590k (-9.3%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 349%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The A and J Charitable Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Home-Start Richmond, Kingston & Hounslow (£589k), Kesgrave War Memorial Community Centre (£591k) and Children Heard and Seen (£579k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 97%. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £869k. Reserves of £229k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.