The J Isaacs Charitable Trust

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending March 2025, The J Isaacs Charitable Trust reported income of £725k and spending of £365k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £860k to £725k (-16%), an average of -4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The J Isaacs Charitable Trust sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Galileo Foundation (£723k), The Wixamtree Trust (£725k) and Ove Arup Partnership Charitable Trust (£719k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 9.5%. Charitable activities took 76% of spending and raising funds 15%. Reserves of £4.7m would cover about 140 months of spending at that rate.