The JGW Patterson Foundation

Analysis

The JGW Patterson Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04388927). It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The JGW Patterson Foundation reported income of £807k and spending of £1.0m, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £967k to £807k (-17%), an average of -4.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The JGW Patterson Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Citizens Advice Oxfordshire (£807k), Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (£808k) and Leicestershire Voluntary Sector Resource Agency (£806k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 77% of spending and raising funds 20%. Grants to other organisations totalled £757k.