The Josh Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Josh Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in November 2004, 22 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 individuals, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Josh Charitable Trust reported income of £124k and spending of £127k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £67k to £124k (+85%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Josh Charitable Trust sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tanglewood Monday Club (£124k), G F Eyre Charitable Trust (£124k) and The Wyndham Charitable Trust (£124k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.