The Joseph Rank Trust

Analysis

The Joseph Rank Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crawley. It was registered in September 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04465857). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Joseph Rank Trust reported income of £2.9m and spending of £2.9m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2.5m to £2.9m (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Joseph Rank Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West London Mission Methodist Circuit (£2.9m), Worcester College Oxford Endowment Trust (£3.0m) and Friends International Ministries (£2.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.7m. Reserves of £73.0m would cover about 301 months of spending at that rate. It employed 2 people.