City of Joy Aid, UK

Analysis

City of Joy Aid, UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Buckinghamshire. It was registered in May 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, City of Joy Aid, UK reported income of £142k and spending of £69k, leaving 51% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £30k to £142k (+370%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 447%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, City of Joy Aid, UK sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital (£142k), The Lymm Sanctuary Hub Limited (£142k) and The South Street Green Room Foundation (£142k).