The Jam Trust

Analysis

The Jam Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Esher. It was registered in October 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Jam Trust reported income of £29k and spending of £16k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £56k to £29k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Jam Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include End Times Revival Global Ministries Ltd (£29k), Arch Support (£29k) and Hope, Uganda (£29k).