The Joan Turner Foundation

Analysis

The Joan Turner Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorset. It was registered in May 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Joan Turner Foundation reported income of £31k and spending of £84k, spending 266% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £31k to £31k (+3.1%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 145% 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 Joan Turner Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ingram Hill Foundation (£31k), The Shuaib Chaudhary Foundation (£31k) and Nutritious Minds Trust (£31k).