The Injured Jockeys Fund

Analysis

The Injured Jockeys Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newmarket. It was registered in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05298320). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Injured Jockeys Fund reported income of £8.0m and spending of £6.7m, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5.7m to £8.0m (+39%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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 Injured Jockeys Fund sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rumi Foundation (£8.0m), Sands (£8.0m) and The Police Treatment Centres (£7.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 74%, investments 14%, trading 9.7% and charitable activities 2.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3.3m. Charitable activities took 85% of spending and raising funds 14%. Grants to other organisations totalled £82k. Reserves of £7.2m would cover about 13 months of spending at that rate. It employed 47 people.